Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈklaʊdˌhɛdɪd/
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/ˈklaʊdˌhɛdəd/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
Adjective
Having one's head in the clouds: prone to daydreaming, or thinking impractically.
Usage- idiomatic
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More examples (1)
In addition, you can stand in awe of yet another book, that despite being written by men, depicts women as cerebral creatures with slim builds and Barsoomian breasts instead of the typical cloud-headed, cassava-chested cranks of carnage.
And in the cloud-headed days that followed, he struggled to make sense of this. Perhaps he was dreaming.
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[…] but when they tell ya to get "your tough skin on" before you enter, they may be thinking of a wet suit, 'cause it's a "down 'n' dirty" "dive"; are the "cloud-headed waiters" suffering from oxygen deprivation?
If I had the time and money I would counter-sue those cloud-head advocates for violating my rights of safety, harassment, and passage. Railroad stations are not homeless shelters. / The cloud-headed advocates don't even ride the trains, and their organizations are funded by rich people who don't ride either.
A cloud-headed child, he likes rainbows and reading.