English noun: hammerhead |
1. | hammerhead (person) a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence |
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| Synonyms | blockhead, bonehead, dumbass, dunce, dunderhead, fuckhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, lunkhead, muttonhead, numskull, shithead |
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| Broader (hypernym) | dolt, dullard, pillock, poor fish, pudden-head, pudding head, stupe, stupid, stupid person |
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2. | hammerhead (artifact) the striking part of a hammer |
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| Broader (hypernym) | head |
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| Part holonym | peen |
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| Part meronym | hammer |
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3. | hammerhead (animal) medium-sized live-bearing shark with eyes at either end of a flattened hammer-shaped head; worldwide in warm waters; can be dangerous |
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| Synonyms | hammerhead shark |
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| Broader (hypernym) | shark |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | bonnet shark, bonnethead, shovelhead, smalleye hammerhead, smooth hammerhead, Sphyrna tiburo, Sphyrna tudes, Sphyrna zygaena |
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| Member meronym | genus Sphyrna, Sphyrna |
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