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/hot"hed'/, n.an impetuous or short-tempered person.[1650-60; HOT + HEAD]
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hothead — short tempered person, 1650s, from HOT (Cf. hot) in the figurative sense + HEAD (Cf. head) (n.); Johnson s dictionary also lists hotmouthed headstrong, ungovernable; Elizabethan English had hot brain hothead (c.1600); and O.E. had hatheort anger … Etymology dictionary
hothead — ► NOUN ▪ an impetuous or quick tempered person. DERIVATIVES hot headed adjective … English terms dictionary
hothead — [hät′hed΄] n. a hotheaded person … English World dictionary
hothead — [[t]hɒ̱thed[/t]] hotheads N COUNT (disapproval) If you refer to someone as a hothead, you are criticizing them for acting too quickly, without thinking of the consequences. He is a hothead and a bully just like his dad … English dictionary
hothead — UK [ˈhɒtˌhed] / US [ˈhɑtˌhed] noun [countable] Word forms hothead : singular hothead plural hotheads someone who easily gets angry or excited, and does things without thinking about the result … English dictionary
hothead — n Easily angered person. Reba is such a hothead she flew off the handle when I told her she was gaining weight. 1660s … Historical dictionary of American slang
hothead — See a hothead … English idioms
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Hothead Paisan — is an alternative comic written and drawn by Diane DiMassa. Subtitled Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist , it features the eponymous title character wreaking violent vengeance on male oppressors.The series has run at least 21 issues, which have been… … Wikipedia
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hothead — noun Date: 1660 a hotheaded person … New Collegiate Dictionary
