bighead

bighead

A hangover. If you drink too much tonight, you'll definitely be contending with the bighead tomorrow.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

bighead

n. a headache and other ill effects from drinking. I got a case of the bighead. Too much soda in my drinks, I guess.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • on one's
  • on someone's
  • (Have you) been OK?
  • pillow-biter
  • out of one's
  • (I've) got to go
  • #dead
  • save someone's skin
  • (something) blows
  • other than
References in periodicals archive
In grass carp, it was higher than in bighead carp, Siberian sturgeon, and wels catfish by 12%, 14%, and 11%, respectively, and protein levels in these three species were similar.
Species Variations in the Proximate Composition, Amino Acid Profile, and Protein Quality of the Muscle Tissue of Grass Carp, Bighead Carp, Siberian Sturgeon, and Wels Catfish
A: For bigHead, embedding composites materials and manufacturing knowledge into their wider team enables the company as a whole to be conversant in these ever-developing materials and technologies.
BIGHEAD AND CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY PARTNER: ON COMPOSITE JOINING TECHNOLOGIES
Once in the wild, silver (Hypophthalmichthys molitnx) and bighead (H.
Carpocalypse now: can the US Army Corps contain the Great Lakes carp invasion?
Fish were provided by a regional fry producer, with an average weight and standard deviation of 22.8 [+ or -] 4.3 g for grass carp, 32.7 [+ or -] 9.0 g for common carp, 33.6 [+ or -] 10.3 g for bighead carp and 3.5 [+ or -] 0.9 g for silver carp.
Efectos de insumos de granja y comerciales en el desempeno del policultivo de carpas: ensayo participativo en una estacion experimental en el campo
21 February 2014 - UK investor EPE Special Opportunities plc (LON:ESO), or ESO plc, said majority-owned ESO Investments 1 LP had sold the stake held in domestic Bighead Holdings Ltd to the company's management for GBP4m (USD6.7m/EUR4.9m) in cash.
EPE Special Opportunities exits Bighead
In 2011, John Anfinson, chief of resource management for the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, learned that silver carp and bighead carp were making a dramatic advance up the Mississippi River and sounded the alarm with key federal and state agencies.
Fish out of water: asian carp threaten national parks along the Mississippi River
"The proposed regulations will ban the importation, possession and sale of live bighead carp in New York," said Commissioner Joe Martens.
State seeks comment for controls on bighead carp
Ramona Bighead, a contributor and instructor at the University of Lethbridge, agreed.
Online materials for schools valued outside classroom
In the Illinois River, the main such tributary, commercial fishers now catch up to 25,000 pounds of bighead and silver Asian carp per day.
Closing off the carp
Later chapters cover topics such as alternative methods for snail control in aquaculture ponds, a heuristic tool for predicting dispersal of bighead carp in the Mississippi River system, an electric fish dispersal barrier in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, and a theoretical strategy for eradication of Asian carp using a Trojan Y chromosome to shift the sex ratio of the population.
Invasive Asian carps in North America; proceedings
Bighead and silver carp now reign in the Mississippi and other Midwest river systems.
A new carp comes to town
Three band members and former administrators of the Yellow Quill First Nation--Charles Bighead, Doreen Ahpay, and Valene Smokyday--have all been charged for theft of residential schools healing funds for their First Nation.
Band members charged for stealing Aboriginal healing funds
Barcelona bighead Zlatan Ibrahimovic has laughed off reports linking him with a mega-money move from the Nou Camp.
Swedish sulker is still a barca boy
The Department of Natural Resources has been charged with running a year-long pilot program focused on harvesting Silver Carp and Bighead Carp, two invasive species in the Illinois River, in order to facilitate an increase in population of native fish.
Asian carp reduction pilot program established. PA 096-0452: (Effective 8/14/09)
Armed with lightweight compound bows, archers shoot the fish either as they jump (in the case of the silver carp) or while they swim close to the surface of the water (as bighead carp do).
Hunting for fish: stop your carping