Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hammer-headed

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.01 in modern English

Syllables: ham-mer--head-ed
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a head in the shape of a hammer.

adj

Stupid, ignorant.

Example Sentences

"To make you merry that are the Gods of Art, and guides vnto heauen, a number of rude Vulcans, vnweldy ſpeakers, hammer-headed clownes (for ſo it pleaſeth them in modeſtie to name themſelues) haue ſet their deformities to view, as it were in a daunce here before you."
"2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text We tug our hammer-headed mules along the tourist trails of Petra, the fabled Nabataean capital cut from rock the color of living muscle."

Etymology

From hammer-head + -ed or hammer + headed.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: hammerhead

Inflected Forms

hammerheaded (alternative)

Synonyms

addlebrained addlepated airheaded bee-brained beef-witted soft beefheaded beetle-headed birdbrained blockheaded Boeotian boneheaded

Questions

What does hammer-headed mean?: Having a head in the shape of a hammer.
Where does hammer-headed come from?: From hammer-head + -ed or hammer + headed.

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