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- Dictionaryairhead/ˈɛːhɛd/
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- 1. a base close to the area of active operations where supplies and troops can be received and evacuated by air.
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noun [ C ] informal uk / ˈeə.hed / us / ˈer.hed / Add to word list. a stupid person: She's such an airhead. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Stupid and silly people. berk. birdbrain. blithering idiot. blockhead. blunderer. dumb-ass. dummy. dunce. dunderhead. eejit. mutt. need your head examined idiom. nimrod. nincompoop. simpleton.
Take the quiz. The meaning of AIRHEAD is an area in hostile territory secured usually by airborne troops for further use in bringing in troops and matériel by air.
Airhead definition: a scatterbrained, stupid, or simple-minded person; dolt. See examples of AIRHEAD used in a sentence.
Airhead is a military term for a base inside hostile territory where supplies and troops can be kept, and from where soldiers can more safely fly in and out of the area. This 1950s-era meaning comes from the form of the military term beachhead — the slang term is from the 1970s.
If you describe someone as an airhead, you are critical of them because you think they are not at all clever and are interested only in unimportant things.
An area seized in warfare, esp. by an airborne assault, and held to ensure the continuous bringing in of troops and materiel by air. Webster's New World. An area of hostile or enemy-controlled territory secured by paratroops or air-assault forces. American Heritage.
Jun 2, 2024 · airhead (plural airheads) ( military) An area of hostile territory that has been seized for use as an airbase to ensure the further safe landing of troops and materiel . (by extension) A (usually temporary) landing area for aircraft for supplying a non-military operation.
