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Noun: pinhead  'pin,hed
  1. The head of a pin
    "The map locations were marked with coloured pinheads"
     
  2. [informal] An ignorant or foolish person
    "Don't be such a pinhead, it's obvious how to solve this problem";
    - dumbbell [informal], dummy [informal], dope [informal], boob [informal], booby, divvy [Brit, informal], div [Brit, informal], poon [Austral, informal]

Derived forms: pinheads

Type of: head, simple [archaic], simpleton

Part of: pin

Encyclopedia: Pinhead