bullet-head

noun

A person's head shaped like a bullet.

Meanings

nounbullet-head (plural bullet-heads)

plural bullet-heads · alternative bullethead

  1. A person's head shaped like a bullet.
  2. A stupidly stubborn person.

    During break midway through our second session, I'd rolled my eyes and quipped sotto voce to Beth that some of the bulletheads in our class probably needed stupidity management more than anger management.

    2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.1, at p.13-14

Origin

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APA

bullet-head. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bullet-head

MLA

“bullet-head.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bullet-head. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bullet-head,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bullet-head.

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