as in idiot
a stupid person
we despair of ever getting those hammerheads to buckle their seat belts without prodding
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Recent Examples of hammerhead
In the daytime, the pair encountered the planarians, often called hammerhead worms, hiding under rotting logs or rocks.
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Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2025
Species include the Caribbean reef shark, oceanic white tips, great hammerheads, tiger sharks and bull sharks.
—Chloe Mayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
Stingrays are a staple in a Florida hammerhead's diet, along with grouper, sea catfish, a variety of bony fishes, sharks, crabs, and squid, per the FWC.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025
This tiger shark sighting comes after hammerhead sharks were spotted off the Bay State coast.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 23 July 2025
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Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2025
Species include the Caribbean reef shark, oceanic white tips, great hammerheads, tiger sharks and bull sharks.
—Chloe Mayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
Stingrays are a staple in a Florida hammerhead's diet, along with grouper, sea catfish, a variety of bony fishes, sharks, crabs, and squid, per the FWC.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025
This tiger shark sighting comes after hammerhead sharks were spotted off the Bay State coast.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 23 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hammerhead
Noun
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Only a moron would cut the funding of an industry that actually brings revenue into the government’s pocket.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
18 Sep. 2025
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Seth Rollins gassed Bron up by saying Jey Uso thinks his dad is a loser and his uncle is a moron.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
Noun
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So, the parallel thing that I’ve been frustrated by recently is not just calling Trump stupid, but calling Trump voters stupid.—
Drew Broussard
May 22,
Literary Hub,
22 May 2025
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Sometimes too stupid is actually smartski but sometimes is just stupid stupid.—
Caroline Downey,
National Review,
27 Mar. 2025
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That would be at Texas A&M, and Aggies quarterback Marcel Reed revealed after the game that Moffitt brought out a tackling dummy with Kelly’s face on it to practice on Thursday.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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The glass windows are blocked by tables and a piano and a crib and a dressmaker’s dummy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Hammerhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hammerhead. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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