AIRHEAD

airhead

(noun) a bridgehead seized by airborne troops

airhead

(noun) a flighty scatterbrained simpleton; “she’s a total airhead”; “every airhead on a big salary rushed out to buy one”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

airhead (plural airheads)

(military) An area of hostile territory that has been seized for use as an airbase to ensure the further safe landing of troops and materiel.

(by extension) A (usually temporary) landing area for aircraft for supplying a non-military operation.

(mining, archaic) Alternative form of air-head (“a horizontal channel providing ventilation in a mine.”)

Coordinate terms

• (military): beachhead, bridgehead, railhead

Etymology 2

Noun

airhead (plural airheads)

(originally, US, informal, derogatory) A foolish, silly, or unintelligent person.

Synonyms: bimbo, bubblehead, Thesaurus:idiot

Hyponyms

• dumb blonde

Source: Wiktionary



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