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*(big) head

a hangover. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; give someone ~.) Oh, man, that booze gave me a big head! Tom has a head this morning and won't be coming into work.

(a) head

 and per head

[for] a person; [for] an individual. How much do you charge per head for dinner? It costs four dollars a head.

head

1. n. a headache. Music that loud gives me a head.

2. and a head n. a hangover. (Always with a in this sense.) How do you get rid of a head so you can go to work?

3. n. a toilet; a restroom. (Originally nautical. Usually with the.) Ralph is in the head. He’ll be back in a minute.

4. n. a member of the drug culture; a hippie or a person who drops out of mainstream society because of drug use. (From the 1960s and 1970s.) You still see a few heads around, even today.

5. n. a smart person; an intellectual person. I’m no head, but I am sure you made a mistake in your addition.

See:

• (as) cross as a bear with a sore head
• a (sudden) rush of blood (to the head)
• a big head
• a big-head
• a cool head
• a head
• a head of steam
• a head start
• a head-scratcher
• a kick in the head
• a price on (one's) head
• a price on head
• a roof over head
• a sword of Damocles hangs over (one's) head
• a sword of Damocles hangs over head
• able to do (something) standing on (one's) head
• able to do blindfolded
• above (one's) head
• airhead
• all in (one's) head
• an old head on young shoulders
• banana-head
• bang (one's) head against a brick wall
• bang (one's) head against a wall
• be banging head against a brick wall
• be hanging over
• be head over heels
• be head over heels (in love)
• be in over (one's) head
• be in over head
• be like a bear with a sore head
• be out of (one's) head
• be out of head
• be right in the head
• bean head
• beat (one's) head against a stone wall
• beat head against the wall
• beat into one's head
• beat one's head against the wall
• beef-head
• Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion
• big head, have a
• bite head off
• bite someone's head off
• bless your pointy little head
• born with a caul on (one's) head
• bother head about
• bring to a head
• build up a head of steam
• bump heads with
• bury (one's) head in the sand
• bury head in the sand
• butt heads
• butt-head
• can't make head nor tail of
• can't make head or tail of
• can't make heads or tails of
• C-head
• come to a head
• come up heads
• comes into head
• cool head
• cooler heads prevail
• cooler heads will prevail
• cop a head
• cough head off
• could standing on head
• count heads
• count noses
• crazy in the head
• cross as a bear
• cylinder head
• do (something) standing on (one's) head
• do blindfolded
• do head in
• Don't worry your head about it
• dough head
• drum (something) into (someone's) head
• enter one's mind
• eyes are out on stalks
• eyes in the back of one's head, have
• eyes pop out of head
• face head-on
• fall head over heels
• fall head over heels in love
• fathead
• fill head with
• fling head back
• fling oneself at someone
• from head to toe
• full speed ahead
• funny in the head
• get (one's) head around (something)
• get (one's) head together
• get (something) through (someone's) head
• get a big head
• get a price on (one's) head
• get head above water and have head above water
• get head around
• get head down
• get head together
• get in over (one's) head
• get into one's head
• get it into head
• get one’s act together
• get one’s head together
• get one's head examined
• get out of mind
• get through one's head
• get through thick skull
• get up a head of steam
• Get your head out of the clouds!
• give (one) (one's) head
• give (one's) head for the washing
• give (someone) a big head
• give a heads up
• give head
• give someone his or her head
• give your head a shake
• Go chase yourself!
• go fly a kite
• go head to head
• go off
• go over head
• go soak your head
• Go soak your head!
• go South
• go to head
• go to one's head
• good head on one's shoulders, have a
• hammer (something) into (one's/someone's) head
• hand (one) (one's) head
• hang head
• hang one's head
• hang over
• hard head
• harder than the back of God's head
• harm a hair on head
• hash-head
• have (one's) head in the sand
• have (one's) head read
• have (someone's) blood on (one's) head
• have a big head
• have a good head on shoulders
• have a hard head
• have a head
• have a head for
• have a head start
• have a price on (one's) head
• have a screw loose
• have a thick head
• have eyes in the back of head
• have hanging over head
• have head in the clouds
• have head screwed on
• have head screwed on right
• have head up arse
• have head up ass
• have one's head screwed on right
• have rocks in (one's) head
• have rocks in head
• have rocks in one’s head
• have windmills in (one's) head
• hay burner
• hay head
• He wears a ten-dollar hat on a five-cent head
• head
• head above water, keep one's
• head and shoulders above
• head and shoulders above [the others rest etc.]
• head at
• head away from
• head back
• head cook and bottle washer
• head drug
• head for
• head for a fall
• head for tall timber
• head for the hills
• head for the last roundup
• head hunt
• head hunter
• head in
• head in the clouds
• head in the clouds, have one's
• head into
• head off
• head off at the pass
• head off to
• head on
• head on a plate
• head out
• head out after
• head over heels
• head over heels in debt
• head over heels in love
• head south
• head start
• head the ball
• head to head
• head to toe
• head toward
• head trip
• head up
• headbutter
• headcase
• head-job
• heads or tails
• heads up
• Heads up!
• heads will roll
• head-spinningly
• heap coals of fire on (one's) head
• helium head
• hide (one's) head
• hide head in the sand
• hide one's face
• hide one's head in the sand
• hit the bull's-eye
• hit the nail on the head
• hold a gun to head
• hold a gun to someone's head
• hold head high
• hold head up
• hold head up high
• hold one's head high
• hooch head
• hooch hound
• hot head
• in deep
• in over head
• in over one's head
• I've seen better heads on nickel beers
• keep (one's) head below the parapet
• keep (something) straight (in one's mind/head)
• keep a civil tongue in head
• keep a civil tongue in one's head
• keep a cool head
• keep cool
• keep head
• keep head above water
• keep head down
• keep one’s head right
• keep one's head
• Keep your head down
• knock (one's) head against a (brick) wall
• knock (one's) head against a/the wall
• knock head against a brick wall
• knock on the head
• knock some heads together
• laugh head off
• laugh your head off
• lay (our/your/their) heads together
• let heart rule head
• like a bear with a sore head
• like a chicken with its head cut off
• like a headless chicken
• lose head
• lose one's head
• love-tooth in the head
• make head swim
• make heads or tails of
• make heads roll
• make one's head spin
• meet head-on
• meth head
• mop head
• need (something) (about) as much as (one) needs a hole in the head
• need head examined
• need like a hole in the head
• not able to make head or tail of
• not right in the head
• not trouble head about
• off one's head
• off the top of head
• off the top of one's head
• on head
• on head be it
• on one's head
• on the block
• on the nail
• out of (one's) head
• out of mind
• over head
• over one’s head
• over one's head
• peanut head
• pissed out of head
• pointy-head
• pop into (someone's) head
• pound (something) into (one's/someone's) head
• pound head in
• pound someone’s head in
• price on one's head
• pumpkin head
• put (one's) head in the lion's mouth
• put (one's) head in the wolf's mouth
• put a gun to (someone's) head
• put a price on (someone's) head
• put an idea in(to) (someone's) head
• put head above the parapet
• put head on the block
• put heads together
• put ideas into head
• put ideas into someone's head
• put in head
• put our heads together
• put people's heads together
• raise its head
• rear its head
• rear its ugly head
• rocks in one's head, have
• roof over (one's) head
• roof over one's head, a
• run around like a chicken with its head cut off and run in circles
• run head against a brick wall
• scratch head
• scratch one's head
• scream (one's) head off
• shake head
• shake one's head
• shout (one's) head off
• sick in the head
• sleepy head
• snap head off
• soft in the head
• speedhead
• split one's sides
• stand head and shoulders above
• stand on head
• stand on its head
• standing on (one's) head
• standing on one's head
• still tongue makes a wise head
• stoned out of one’s head
• stuff head with
• swelled head
• swelled head, have a
• take head off
• take into head
• take it into head
• take it into head to
• talk head off
• talk one’s head off
• talk out of the back of head
• talk over head
• talk some sense into (someone's) head
• talk someone's arm off
• talking head
• the head honcho
• throw oneself at
• touched in the head
• tower head and shoulders above
• trouble head about
• trouble one's head with
• turn head
• turn heads
• turn on its head
• turn one's head
• Two heads are better than one
• Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown
• upside the head
• use head
• use one's head
• use your head for more than a hatrack
• Use your head!
• wet the baby's head
• where head is at
• where someone’s head is at
• with (one's) head held high
• wrap (one's) head around
• yack head off
• yell head off
• yell one’s head off
• you can't put a wise head on young shoulders
• you can't put an old head on young shoulders
• zipper head