hothead

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See also: hot-head

English

Etymology

From hot +‎ head. Compare English hotbrain (“a hothead”); Middle English hot-heorte, hat-heorte (“anger”), Old English hātheort (“furious, angry, irascible, passionate, ardent”, literally “hot-heart”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

hothead (plural hotheads)

(derogatory) One who angers easily or goes in search of arguments or fights.
The club was full of eager young hotheads who never seemed to be able to agree on anything.
One who reacts quickly and without thinking carefully first.
Someone get this hothead out of here before he does some damage.

Translations

one who angers easily or goes in search of arguments or fights

Danish: brushoved (da), hidsigprop, hystade (female), furie (female)
Dutch: heethoofd (nl) m or f, driftkikker (nl) m or f
Finnish: kuumapää, kuumakalle (fi), höyrypää
Galician: arroutado m
German: Hitzkopf (de) m
Greek:
Ancient: ὀξυθυμίας m (oxuthumías)
Indonesian: pemarah (id)
Italian: testa calda f
Norwegian: hissigpropp m
Russian: горя́чая голова́ f (gorjáčaja golová)

one who reacts quickly and without thinking carefully first

Bulgarian: луда глава (luda glava)
French: tête brûlée (fr) f
Galician: arroutado m