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# blockhead

«blockhead» in Mova's school dictionary: **A rude word for a stupid person** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (blockheads)

### meaning for a pupil

A rude word for a stupid person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blockhead/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

a name called to a foolish character in tales, such as Blockhead-Hans, who is silly but kind.

### examples

- "Don't be such a blockhead," said his sister. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blockhead/#x1)
- The silly blockhead forgot his sum again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blockhead/#x2)
- Hans was called a blockhead, but he was kind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blockhead/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «blockhead» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blockhead/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.