A British dialectal adjective meaning headstrong, flighty, or easily annoyed — someone who is headish has a tendency to go their own way, get irritable quickly, or act impulsively without thinking things through. It's an old-fashioned regional word that doesn't get much airtime today, but it captures a particular kind of temperament — stubborn, easily provoked, and difficult to pin down.
She was always a bit headish as a teenager, quick to flare up if you questioned her on anything.
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(UK, _, dialectal) Headstrong.
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(UK, _, dialectal) Testy.
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(UK, _, dialectal) Flighty.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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