Definitions for bighead

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bighead big·head

Spelling: [big-hed, -hed]

IPA: /ˈbɪgˈhɛd, -ˌhɛd/

Bighead is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 141 anagrams from letters in bighead (abdeghi).

Definitions for bighead

noun

1. Informal. an excessive estimate of one's importance; conceit.
2. Veterinary Pathology. an inflammatory swelling of the tissues of the head of sheep, caused by the anaerobic bacillus Clostridium novyi. enlargement of the head and jawbones of horses resulting from nutritional hyperthyroidism.

Origin of bighead

An Americanism dating back to 1795-1805; big¹ + head

Examples for bighead

But in the afternoon, Officer "bighead" struts into the cell-house, in charge of the barber gang.

This was gloomy news to us, for we knew that Chief bighead was one of the worst Indians on the river.