rockhead

English

Etymology 1

rock +‎ head

Noun

rockhead (plural rockheads)

  1. (geology) The surface of the bedrock beneath soil cover.
    • 2012, P. B. Attewell, ‎I. W. Farmer, Principles of Engineering Geology (page 457)
      This type of area, with reasonably well-defined rockheads under glacial and lacustrine deposits, probably represents optimum conditions for the adoption of seismic exploration techniques.
  2. The fish Bothragonus swanii, a variety of poacher.

Etymology 2

rock +‎ -head

Noun

rockhead (plural rockheads)

  1. (slang) A fan of rock music.
    • 1997, New York Magazine (volume 30, number 15, page 65)
      […] an apparent betrayal of electronica's more oblique, less suburban ethos in favor of a record the rockheads like.

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