dickhead

dick·head
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/ˈdɪkˌ(h)ɛd/

noun

The glans penis.

UncommonScrabble 19

Meanings

noundickhead (plural dickheads)

plural dickheads · alternative dick-head

  1. literallyslangvulgarThe glans penis.

    ...down, down, sinking down faster than she's so far moved, the dick head exploding up into all that wet, warm slime...

    1970, Clarence Major, All-night Visitors, page 71
  2. derogatoryslangvulgarA jerk; a mean or rude person.

    She was on your mind with some dickhead guy That you saw that night

    2022, “Question...?”, performed by Taylor Swift
    2 more examples

    I don't want them Special Forces guys left out there when some dickhead is afraid to go get them.

    1965, Robin Moore, The Green Berets, page 242

    ...they have been exchanging insults in writing: "dickhead," "dillweed," "fuzzbutt," "dorkwad," "asswipe," and so forth.

    1996, Timothy Jay, What to Do When Your Students Talk Dirty, page 207
  3. derogatoryslangvulgarA stupid or useless person.

    "Watch it, dickhead!" "Hey, Stan, that's my shirt you just dropped in the snow!"

    1979, E.M. Corder, The Deer Hunter, page 69

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar

nouninsulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous

Broader
unpleasant persondisagreeable person

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₃rḗǵs
  3. Proto-Celtic*rīxs
  4. Proto-Germanic*rīks
  5. Proto-West Germanic*rīk
  6. Proto-Indo-European*kret-der.?
  7. Proto-Germanic*harduz
  8. Proto-West Germanic*hardu
  9. Proto-West Germanic*Rīkuhardu
  10. Old High GermanRihhart
  11. Middle High GermanRihard
  12. Medieval LatinRichardus
  13. Old FrenchRichard
  14. Middle EnglishRycharde
  15. EnglishRichard
  16. EnglishRick
  17. EnglishDick
  18. Englishdick
  19. Proto-Indo-European*kap-?
  20. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  21. Proto-Indo-European*káput
  22. Proto-Germanic*haubudą
  23. Old Englishhēafod
  24. Middle Englishheed
  25. Englishhead
  26. Englishdickhead

From dick + head. Attested since the 1960s, with the jerk sense appearing earliest. Compare cockhead, knobhead.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Catalan fava, carallot
  • fava(slang) glans penis
  • carallot(slang) stupid person
  • cap de fava(slang) stupid person
Chinese Cantonese 柒頭 /柒头
  • 柒頭 /柒头 (cat⁶ tau⁴)(slang) stupid person
Chinese Mandarin 龜頭 /龟头, 傻屄
  • 龜頭 /龟头 (guītóu)(slang) glans penis
  • 傻屄 (shǎbī)(slang) stupid person
Czech kokot
  • kokot(slang) stupid person
Danish pikhoved
  • pikhoved(slang) stupid person
Dutch eikel, eikel
  • eikel(slang) glans penis
  • eikel(slang) stupid person
Esperanto kaculo
  • kaculo(slang) stupid person
Finnish molopää, kusipää
  • molopää(slang) stupid person
  • kusipää(slang) stupid person
French gland, connard
  • gland(slang) glans penis
  • connard(slang) stupid person
  • gland(slang) stupid person
  • tête de nœud(slang) stupid person
  • tête de vier(slang) stupid person
German Eichel, Nille
  • Eichel(slang) glans penis
  • Nille(slang) glans penis
  • Dummkopf(slang) stupid person
  • Sackgesicht(slang) stupid person
  • Schwachkopf(slang) stupid person
Greek πουτσοκέφαλος, βλάκας
  • πουτσοκέφαλος (poutsokéfalos)(slang) glans penis
  • βλάκας (vlákas)(slang) stupid person
  • ηλίθια (ilíthia)(slang) stupid person
  • ηλίθιος (ilíthios)(slang) stupid person
Hungarian makk, faszfej
  • makk(slang) glans penis
  • faszfej(slang) stupid person
Indonesian palkon, pukon
  • palkon(slang) glans penis
  • pukon(slang) glans penis
  • goblok(slang) stupid person
  • brengsek(slang) stupid person
  • keparat(slang) stupid person
  • palkon(slang) stupid person
Italian glande, cappella
  • glande(slang) glans penis
  • cappella(slang) glans penis
  • testa di cazzo(slang) glans penis
  • testa di cazzo(slang) stupid person
Japanese 糞垂れ
  • 糞垂れ(slang) stupid person
Korean 좆대가리, 좆대가리
  • 좆대가리 (jotdaegari)(slang) glans penis
  • 좆대가리 (jotdaegari)(slang) stupid person
Malay kepala butuh, kepala butuh
  • kepala butuh(slang) glans penis
  • kepala butuh(slang) stupid person
Norwegian Bokmål kukkhode, kukkhue
  • kukkhode(slang) glans penis
  • kukkhue(slang) glans penis
  • kukkhode(slang) stupid person
  • kukkhue(slang) stupid person
Polish główka, kutas
  • główka(slang) glans penis
  • kutas(slang) stupid person
Portuguese cabeça, cabeça de pila
  • cabeça(slang) glans penis
  • cabeça de pila(slang) stupid person
  • retardado(slang) stupid person
  • bobão(slang) stupid person
  • cuzão(slang) stupid person
  • otário(slang) stupid person
  • escroto(slang) stupid person
Romanian gland, vârful de pulă
  • gland(slang) glans penis
  • vârful de pulă(slang) glans penis
  • cap sec(slang) stupid person
  • cap de pulă(slang) stupid person
Russian голо́вка, залу́па
  • голо́вка (golóvka)(slang) glans penis
  • залу́па (zalúpa)(slang) glans penis
  • голо́вка от хуя́ (golóvka ot xujá)(slang) glans penis
  • тупи́ца (tupíca)(slang) stupid person
  • приду́рок (pridúrok)(slang) stupid person
  • деби́л (debíl)(slang) stupid person
  • долбоёб (dolbojób)(slang) stupid person
  • муда́к (mudák)(slang) stupid person
  • муди́ло (mudílo)(slang) stupid person
  • ебла́н (jeblán)(slang) stupid person
  • мудозво́н (mudozvón)(slang) stupid person
  • хуйло́ (xujló)(slang) stupid person
Slovak žaluď, kokot
  • žaluď(slang) glans penis
  • kokot(slang) stupid person
Spanish capullo, cabeza de pene
  • capullo(slang) glans penis
  • cabeza de pene(slang) stupid person
  • capullo(slang) stupid person
  • gilipollas(slang) stupid person
Swedish ollon, kukhuvud
  • ollon(slang) glans penis
  • kukhuvud(slang) stupid person
  • dumbom(slang) stupid person
  • tjockskalle(slang) stupid person
Thai หัวควย, หัวควย
  • หัวควย (hǔua-kuai)(slang) glans penis
  • หัวควย (hǔua-kuai)(slang) stupid person
Turkish yarrak kafalı, sik kafalı
  • yarrak kafalı(slang) stupid person
  • sik kafalı(slang) stupid person
Ukrainian залу́па, хуйло́
  • залу́па (zalúpa)(slang) glans penis
  • хуйло́ (xujló)(slang) stupid person
  • довбойоб (dovbojob)(slang) stupid person
  • їблан (jiblan)(slang) stupid person
  • мудило (mudylo)(slang) stupid person
  • тупак (tupak)(slang) stupid person
  • придурок (prydurok)(slang) stupid person
Cite this entry
APA

dickhead. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dickhead

MLA

“dickhead.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dickhead. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dickhead,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dickhead.

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