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peckerhead

noun

Etymology

From picker + head, alluding to the similarity between the terminal box on a motor and the rotating head of used to pick fruit.

  1. inherited from *káput✻ — “head”
  2. inherited from *haubudą✻ — “head”
  3. inherited from *haubud✻
  4. inherited from hēafod — “head; top; leader; origin”
  5. inherited from efd
  6. compounded as peckerhead — “pecker + head”

Definitions

  1. A dickhead

    A dickhead: an unpleasant, stupid or mean person.

    • I dunno what this peckerhead thinks he's doin' but he's about to fall off that bridge.

  2. An electric motor's terminal connection or wiring box.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA