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airhead noun [ ˈɛːhɛd ]

• a base close to the area of active operations where supplies and troops can be received and evacuated by air.
Origin: early 19th century (denoting a passage constructed to carry air to part of a mine): the military sense dates to the Second World War.

airhead noun

• a silly or foolish person.
• "a celebrity airhead with no discernible talent"


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