airhead UK /ˈɛə̯hɛd/US /ˈɛɹˌ(h)ɛd/ noun3 •(informal, offensive) A foolish, silly, or unintelligent person.Yeah. Well, Tammi is a bit of an airhead, I guess, but I feel sorry for her. — 1996 •An area of hostile territory that has been seized for use as an airbase to ensure the further safe landing of troops and materiel.The initial airhead may in fact be a series of smaller airheads which, after landing, join up in combat structure as mutually supporting in a tactical sense. — 1957 •A (usually temporary) landing area for aircraft for supplying a non-military operation. formsairheads