blockhead vs piccolo

blockhead

noun
  • A sideshow performer who hammers nails or similar items through his or her nostril into the nasal cavity; human blockhead. 

  • A stupid person. 

verb
  • To perform as a human blockhead. 

  • To behave in a stupid manner. 

piccolo

noun
  • A coin-operated gramophone; a jukebox. 

  • A bottle of champagne containing 0.1875 litres of fluid, one quarter the volume of a standard bottle. 

  • A transverse flute that is smaller than a Western concert flute and pitched nearly an octave higher. 

  • A waiter’s assistant in a hotel or restaurant. 

  • An organ stop with the tone of a piccolo flute. 

adj
  • Designating the highest-pitched or smallest of a family of musical instruments. 

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