Chiefly with modifying word or as the second element in compounds. Esp. of a person or animal: having a specified type or number of heads.

having a cop-head, or high tapering head.

Having a small head.

Having a ‘jolt head’, i.e. a large, clumsy, or heavy head; thick-headed. Now only figurative.

chuff-cat n. Obsolete = chuff, n.1 2. chuff-headed adj. Obsolete with a big fat head. chuff-penny adj. Obsolete miserly, avaricious.

Of a person, deity, etc.: having the head of an ass.

Having, or represented with, two heads.

Having a head which is made of gold or golden in colour; esp. (of an object) tipped with gold.

literal. Having a physically hard head.

Having, or characterized by, a large head.

Having two heads or terminal extremities.

transferred and figurative. (a) Large-headed; (b) foolish, stupid.

(a) headed by a female; spec. (in later use) designating a family or household in which a woman is the head or sole provider; (b) that has the…

Having a heavy or large head.

= jolt-headed, adj.

That has a very small head (resembling that of a pin).

Having a head like that of a pig. Chiefly figurative: stupidly obstinate, perverse, or set in one's ways.

having a thin or narrow head; figurative shallow-pated, silly.

Physical Anthropology. = round-headed, adj. 3c.

blob-cheeked, blob-headed adjs.

Having a prominent occiput; (supposedly) having the back of the head more developed than the front. Obsolete.

Having a large, round, or fat head.

Physical Anthropology. Designating or having a head with a moderately projecting profile. Now rare.

Of a person: having a particularly small head. Hence generally: stupid, foolish; cf. peanut-brained adj. at peanut, n. adj.compounds 1b, pinheaded…

having a large, well-rounded head.