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Examples of hothead in a Sentence
Working on the project with such a hothead has been unpleasant.
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Naturally, Heraldo and Dayana soon start having clandestine trysts while boorish hothead Elias is elsewhere.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 May 2024
Bill Nighy is the impassioned, never-say-die coach keeping his men on track even as morale flags, Micheal Ward the gifted hothead yet to learn the value of team spirit.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 Mar. 2024
His undercover agents visited virtually every German establishment in town, looking for pro-Nazi hotheads and confidential informants.
—Jack Kresnak, Detroit Free Press, 21 Jan. 2024
In a rare show of vulnerability, the often irritating yet charismatic hothead acknowledges his fears and insecurities while embracing the value of teamwork and acts of service.
—Fawnia Soo Hoo, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2023
Supported by Annabeth, who is a hothead, and Grover, who is careful, Percy has strong motivations to carry on through life-threatening challenges from mythological creatures that have had millenniums to hone their particular life-threatening skills.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2023
The news stories described Momeni as a hothead with a quick temper and an appetite for cocaine.
—Albert Samaha, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2023
With pugilistic hothead and conservative District 3 Councilor Frank Baker declining to run for reelection, the council now has a shot at becoming a more credible body, though soldiers on both sides of its pitched ideological battles remain.
—Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2023
Enter Fassbender’s character, Thomas Rongen, a hothead with an alcohol problem and an emotional backstory which the movie keeps up its sleeve until halftime of the climactic game.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 10 Sep. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1660, in the meaning defined above
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“Hothead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hothead. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
hothead
noun
hot·head
ˈhät-ˌhed
: a hotheaded person
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