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airhead

air·head

UK/ˈɛə̯hɛd/ US/ˈɛɹˌ(h)ɛd/ rare archaic informal

noun

1.

a flighty scatterbrained simpleton

  • “she”
  • “;”
2.

Origin

From air + head (“foremost, topmost, or leading part”), sense 1 (“area of hostile territory seized for use as an airbase”) by analogy with beachhead and bridgehead.

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