Meaning & use
Airhead
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A foolish or empty-headed person (informal).
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His friends teasingly called him an airhead for forgetting his own birthday plans.
The movie's plot follows a supposed airhead who turns out to be secretly brilliant.
A note on using this word
Airhead implies a head full of air instead of sense, and the term became especially popular in American slang during the 1970s and 1980s.
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2. noun
A temporary landing zone secured by airborne troops for further military operations.
Paratroopers established an airhead near the river before the main force arrived.
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