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Head case

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head-casenounAlternative spelling of headcase. [(informal, derogatory, countable) A mentally unbalanced, unpredictable person, especially one who displays aggressive behavior.]
cylinder headnoun(automotive) A part of an internal combustion engine, usually made as a removable piece, that closes one end of the engine's cylinders.
head butternounUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see head, butter.
bucket headnounA stupid or oblivious person.
sheep's headnounUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sheep, head.
headpeacenounObsolete form of headpiece. [The head; the brain.]
headnoun(countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
headpiecenounSomething covering the head.
head of steamnoun(idiomatic) A significant amount of energy, vigour or momentum, sufficient to make progress or succeed in a task.
headakenounObsolete spelling of headache. [(medicine) A pain or ache in the head.]
'eadnounNonstandard spelling of head. [(countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.]
haidnounA surname.
head dressnounAlternative form of headdress. [A decorative covering or ornament worn on the head.]
health codenoun(China) A QR code identifying someone's risk level during the COVID-19 pandemic in the PRC, colored in green, yellow, or red in increasing danger.
haunted housenounAn amusement attraction in which a building or series of rooms is decorated to frighten the people who pass through.
headhoodnoun(linguistics) The property of being a syntactic or morphological head.
hole in the headnoun(colloquial, in similes) Something very undesirable or unwanted.
headloadnounA load carried on the head.
headlinesenounThe jargon used in headlines of newspapers, often with unconventional grammar driven mainly by extreme brevity as a constraint of the medium.
headsteadnoun(of a bed) The area at the head of the bed; headboard.

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