Usually means: Very small head of pin.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word pinhead:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. pinhead: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pinhead: Merriam-Webster
  3. pinhead: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. pinhead: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. pinhead: Collins English Dictionary
  6. pinhead: Vocabulary.com
  7. Pinhead, pinhead: Wordnik
  8. pinhead: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. pinhead: Wiktionary
  10. pinhead: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. pinhead: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. pinhead: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. pinhead: Dictionary.com
  14. Pinhead (Hellraiser), Pinhead (Puppet Master), Pinhead (comics), Pinhead: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. pinhead: Rhymezone
  16. pinhead: FreeDictionary.org
  17. pinhead: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. pinhead: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pinhead: Encyclopedia

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. pinhead, pinhead: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. pinhead: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. pinhead: Urban Dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  The head of a pin. (Frequently used in size comparisons.)
▸ noun:  (slang) A foolish or stupid person.
▸ noun:  (slang) A telemark skier.
▸ noun:  (slang, medicine) A human head that is unusually tapered or small, often due to microcephaly, or a person with that trait. Often promoted in freak shows as "human pinheads".
▸ noun:  (slang, pet stores) A newborn cricket used as food for pets.
▸ noun:  (mycology) The immature juvenile fruiting body of a mushroom prior to its gills opening.
▸ noun:  (slang, derogatory) A member of the Provisional IRA.

Similar:
dumbbell, dope, boob, dummy, booby, pin-head, headpin, pinpoint, kingpin, pushpin, more...

Opposite:
giant, macrocephalic, large-headed

Phrases:
pinhead oatmeal, Zippy the Pinhead, Zip the Pinhead, Pinhead Gunpowder, more...

Adjectives:
small, large, little, eyed, tiny, ordinary, zebrafish, red, common, black, sized



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Similar:
dumbbell, dope, boob, dummy, booby, pin-head, headpin, pinpoint, kingpin, pushpin, more...

Opposite:
giant, macrocephalic, large-headed

Phrases:
pinhead oatmeal, Zippy the Pinhead, Zip the Pinhead, Pinhead Gunpowder, more...

Adjectives:
small, large, little, eyed, tiny, ordinary, zebrafish, red, common, black, sized



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