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Flathead 

A V8 engine design produced by the Ford Motor Company.
It was introduced in 1932, and was used in automobiles until the 1954 model year. In the thirties, gangsters such as Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow favored Fords powered by Flatheads, since they tended to be quicker than most cars of the time, they made great getaway vehicles.

It has also known that John Dillinger even wrote Henry Ford, praising his powerful Flathead V8, and thanked him for a designing quick getaway car.

The engine was also popular among moonshiners well into the 40s and early fifties.

The engine was also popular with hotrodders of the era, as well as today's hotrodders.
My 1940 Ford Coupe is powered by a Flathead V8.
Flathead by angry chocolate. September 9, 2010

Flathead 

A disparaging label for someone that believes the Earth is flat.
The flathead will argue with you about whether Antarctica is a continent, he thinks the world looks like the map in the United Nations logo, where the Antarctic forms a ring around the flat Earth.
Flathead by Cheeky Monkees September 10, 2016

Flathead 

A term used to describe a person who lives "on the edge" and is very wild. The term came from Michael Flatley, who invented the Riverdance Irish Dance ensemble. "Flathead" was used to describe his fans who were very wild and crazy and the term grew from there...
Bill: This flathead I went out with last night was just too wild for my taste...
Flathead by Solar and Lunar May 28, 2007

Flathead 

A white male who wears a flat-rimmed hat and is exceedingly stupid. Typically travel in posses and hang out with bumblebitches. You know a flathead is not going anywhere in life.
Why can't the library leave the Calculus books outside when they lock it up?

Because someone would steal them.

What would a flathead do with Calc book?

Flathead 

when the back of your head becomes fat after a night of head banging against the headboard of a bed or wall.
i woke up this morning with the worst flathead dave drove me hard last night
Flathead by a-wall9 October 16, 2009

flathead 

Flathead-
n. Refers to a person of asian descent, especially Vietnamese. The reason for the phenomina is the lack of a developed frontal lobe in Asians.
Hey, a flathead just rode by in a Civic
flathead by formerPOW February 28, 2005