bullet-headn.
/ˈbʊlᵻthɛd/, U.S. /ˈbʊlətˌ(h)ɛd/ 1. A head round like a bullet.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > types of head > [noun]
jolthead1533
jolting pate1579
copintank1585
jobbernowl1598
loggerhead1598
grout-heada1627
jolterhead1699
potato head1705
numbskull1718
jolter-pate1822
bullet-head1875
horse-head1905
1875 F. T. Buckland Log-bk. Fisherman 25 Popped his bullet head..round from the Curtain.
2. A person with such a head; in U.S., figurative a ‘pig-headed’, obstinate person.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > types of head > [noun] > person having
softhead1625
grout-head1706
bullet-head1723
the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun] > obstinate or stubborn person
obstinate1435
mumpsimus1530
obstinant1581
ram-head1605
sitfast1606
stiff-stander1642
obduratea1665
ironface1697
sturdy1704
stiffrump1709
sturdy-boots1762
stickfast1827
impracticable1829
mule1846
bullet-head1848
hardshell1849
die-hard1857
hog on ice1857
last-ditcher1862
thick-and-thinnite1898
jusqu'auboutiste1916
stiff-neck1921
dead-ender1956
toughie1960
1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 167 He would have Whipp'd poor Bullet-head, (so they call'd the Negro).
1793 T. Holcroft tr. J. C. Lavater Ess. Physiognomy (abridged ed.) xx. 102 Savages, by being distorted, acquired the appellation of bowl- or bullet-head.
1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. ix. 129 He aint No more 'n a tough ole bullethead.
Derivatives
ˈbullet-ˌheaded adj.
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the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective]
starkOE
moodyOE
stithc1000
stidyc1175
stallc1275
harda1382
stubbornc1386
obstinate?1387
throa1400
hard nolleda1425
obstinant?a1425
pertinacec1425
stablec1440
dour1488
unresigned1497
difficultc1503
hard-necked1530
pertinatec1534
obstacle1535
stout-stomached1549
hard-faced1567
stunt1581
hard-headed1583
pertinacious1583
stuntly1583
peremptory1589
stomachous1590
mulish1600
stomachful1600
obstined1606
restive1633
obstinacious1649
opinionated1649
tenacious1656
iron-sided1659
sturdy1664
cat-witted1672
obstinated1672
unyielding1677
ruggish1688
bullet-headed1699
tough1780
pelsy1785
stupid1788
hard-set1818
thick and thin1822
stuntya1825
rigwiddie1826
indomitable1830
recalcitrant1830
set1848
mule-headed1870
muley1871
capitose1881
hard-nosed1917
tight1928
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > types of head > [adjective] > having
headedOE
cop-headed1519
small-headedc1540
jolt-headed1552
chuff-headed1563
ass-headed1584
two-headed1596
golden-headed1598
hard-headed1601
big-headed1614
bicipitous1646
buffle-headed1654
female-headed1655
heavy-headed1684
bullet-headed1699
jolter-headed1748
pinheaded1771
pigheaded1774
thin-headed1804
roundhead1842
bulbous-headed1860
blob-headed1865
occipital1873
fat-headed1883
mesopic1885
peanut-headed1906
dome-headed1910
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Bullet-headed, a dull silly Fellow.
1857 E. Beadle To Nebraska (1923) 19 A clever bullet-headed Kentuckyan.
1872 F. W. Robinson Tito's Troubles in Wrayford's Ward I was a thin, gawky, bullet-headed youth.
1947 W. H. Auden Age of Anxiety (1948) ii. 54 Bullet-headed bandit.
bullet-ˈheadedness n.
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the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun]
obstination?1387
pertinacyc1390
obstinacya1393
thronessa1400
stubbornnessc1440
obstinance?a1475
durenessc1480
pertinacity?1504
stomacha1513
stiffness1526
tenacity1526
persistence1546
obstacleness1548
obstinateness1561
stiffneckedness1570
self-mindedness1574
intractability1579
persistency1600
obstinancy1614
contumacy1619
stomachfulness1621
tenaciousness1642
pertinaciousness1651
irresignation1657
peremptoriness1747
mulishness1763
strongheadedness1793
dourness1794
unmovableness1818
stoutheartedness1826
bullet-headednessa1849
stalwartism1879
camelishness1883
thick and thin1884
stupidity1886
jusqu'auboutisme1917
die-hardism1922
obstinative-
a1849 E. A. Poe Marginalia lxxiv The disgusting sternness, captiousness, and bullet-headedness of her husband.
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