bonehead

bonehead

One who is regarded as dumb, stupid, and/or obstinate. Is he really pulling a door that's clearly marked "push"? What a bonehead.

boneheaded

Dumb, stupid, and/or obstinate. Looks like I'm pulling on a door that's clearly marked "push"—what a boneheaded thing to do!
See also: bonehead
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

bonehead

1. n. a stupid or stubborn person. You are such a bonehead when it comes to buying cars.
2. and boneheaded mod. stupid; stubborn. Of all the boneheaded things to do! You are a bonehead jerk!

boneheaded

verb
See bonehead
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McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • boneheaded
  • gazob
  • doofus
  • deadneck
  • dumb Dora
  • (as) dumb as a box of rocks
  • dumb-dodo
  • laugh all the way to the bank
  • dumbski
  • dumb cluck
References in periodicals archive
"Oasis are one of my favourite bands, so getting the chance to get up close to Bonehead was a real thrill.
"Bonehead had a tarantula that had just shed and he threw this thing.
These practical questions are what the "boneheads" tend to be getting at on analyst calls.
Bonehead, who quit the band in 1999, said: "I always believed we should have called it a day at that second night at Knebworth.
The Bonehead Composites team's passion for flying led them to design the PilotX flight helmet in early 2015, after they had noticed that pilots were purchasing skydiving helmets and wearing them over in-ear headsets.
Merkle, who had a solid 16-year MLB career in which he batted .273 with 272 stolen bases, could never shake the stigma as "the man who forgot to touch second base." They called him "Bonehead," "Leather Skull" and "Ivory Pate." He was haunted by the blunder his entire life.
But Ayotte, who headed the office during more than a few of the bonehead plays, told the committee in June 2010 that she had no personal knowledge of FRM.
Former Oasis guitarist Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs, ex-Libertine Carl Barat, Goldie Lookin' Chain's Maggot and former Creation records chief Alan McGee all appeared in the online version of Svengali, which was a huge hit.
He's such a bonehead." So we're loathe to go mucking up the system by identifying the bonehead.
Until the furore over Andy Gray and Richard Keys' bonehead comments, I had never looked back on it - what strikes me is that it was very unremarkable and was immediately accepted.
You can say he's being a bonehead, but I can't sit and say that he's a racist having spent time with him in my house with my kids."
The Bonehead Lite ($48/3 pack) is another carbon glue-on broadhead.
you taught us rhythm made the bonehead lyrics matter, and hormones
Engagingly written by Don Arends and colorfully illustrated in a cartoon style by Micahel LaDuca, "Saving Bonehead: The Ten-foot Hammerhead Shark" is an original picturebook story of an 800-pound baby shark whose curiosity gets the better of him when he hears a strange noise while swimming in the ocean with his mother and father.
Frustrated, Bonehead and Clumsy departed in great haste.