HARDHEAD


Meaning of HARDHEAD in English

ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun

1.

a. : a shrewd practical hardheaded person

a prospect that moves hardheads as well as visionaries

b. : blockhead

2.

a. : any of several fishes: as

(1) also hardhead trout : steelhead trout

(2) : atlantic croaker

(3) : a small cyprinid fish ( Mylopharodon conocephalus ) of California streams ; also : the related greaser blackfish

b. : gray whale

3.

a. : ruddy duck

b. or hardheaded duck ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷- : white-eyed duck

4.

a. : knapweed — usually used in plural

b. : ribgrass

c. : sneezewort 2

d. : corn cockle

5. : hardhead sponge

6.

a. : a hard brittle white residue obtained in refining tin by liquation and containing tin, iron, arsenic, and copper

b. : a refractory lump of ore only partly smelted

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.