Fathead vs. Flathead

Fatheadnoun

(derogatory) An idiot; a fool.

‘You fathead! You forgot to put the milk in the fridge and now it's spoiled!’;

Flatheadnoun

Any fish in the Platycephalidae family.

Fatheadnoun

A cyprinid fish of the Mississippi valley, Pimephales promelas, the black-headed minnow.

Flatheadnoun

(plural only "flatheads") A type of screw or bolt designed to fit in a countersink so that it sits flush with a surface.

Fatheadnoun

A labroid food fish of California; the California sheephead. Semicossyphus pulcher.

Flatheadnoun

A type of engine that has the valves placed in the engine block beside the piston, instead of in the cylinder head, as in an overhead valve engine.

Fatheadnoun

A blobfish, Psychrolutes microporos

Flatheadadjective

Characterized by flatness of head, especially that produced by artificial means, as a certain tribe of American Indians.

Fatheadnoun

Any of several species of fish of the genus Cubiceps

Flatheadnoun

A Chinook Indian. See Chinook, n., 1.

Fatheadnoun

A cyprinoid fish of the Mississippi valley (Pimephales promelas); - called also black-headed minnow.

Flatheadnoun

food fish of the Indonesian region of the Pacific; resembles gurnards

Fatheadnoun

a man who is a stupid incompetent fool

Flatheadnoun

pallid bottom-dwelling flat-headed fish with large eyes and a duck-like snout