หัวหมอ(hŭua mŏr)

Meanings

1NounB1

a sly, smart‑aleck person who uses tricks or technicalities (disapproving)

Informal, disapproving: a person who shows off cleverness in an annoying or underhand way; often uses nitpicky points, loopholes, or small tricks to gain advantage or avoid blame.

Examples

อย่าyàaอย่าyàa1don’t; do not (negative imperative)2don’t … yet; hold offไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)คุยkuiคุยkui1[to] discuss; talk over2[to] date [sb]; be seeing [sb] (informal)3[to] brag; boast4[to] chat; talkกับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3against; versus4to; toward (recipient/target)5side dish; accompaniment6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsคนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleหัวหมอhŭua mŏrหัวหมอhŭua mŏr1smart‑alecky; crafty; argues on technicalities (disapproving)2a sly, smart‑aleck person who uses tricks or technicalities (disapproving)
Don't talk to him. He's a smart aleck.
2AdjectiveB2

smart‑alecky; crafty; argues on technicalities (disapproving)

Informal, disapproving: sly or smart‑alecky; habitually argues back, nitpicks, or plays with technicalities to outsmart others or evade blame.

Examples

พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyโดนdohnโดนdohn1[to] get; be subjected to (passive, often negative)2[to] be hit; be struck; be affected3[to] hit the mark; be spot on (slang/colloq.)จับjàpจับjàp1[to] hold; grasp2[to] touch; feel3[to] catch; seize; capture4[to] arrest5[to] detect; pick up; sense6[to] assign; pair up; match7[to be] chilled; feel cold (body part)8[to] set; fix (price, time, etc.)ว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeทำผิดกฎtam pìt gòtทำผิดกฎtam pìt gòt[to] break a rule; [to] violate regulationsเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerทำตัวtam dtuuaทำตัวtam dtuua1[to] behave; conduct oneself; carry oneself2[to] act like; present oneself as; make oneself out to beหัวหมอhŭua mŏrหัวหมอhŭua mŏr1smart‑alecky; crafty; argues on technicalities (disapproving)2a sly, smart‑aleck person who uses tricks or technicalities (disapproving)อ้างâangอ้างâang1[to] cite; quote; refer to2[to] use as a pretext; justify3[to] claim; assertกฎหมายgòt-măaiกฎหมายgòt-măai1law; statute2the law (legal system)3legal code/body of lawข้อkôข้อkô1item; point; clause2joint (anatomy)3condition; term4flaw; drawback5classifier: items/points/clauses/questions6node; joint; segment (botany/zoology)นั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)ข้อkôข้อkô1item; point; clause2joint (anatomy)3condition; term4flaw; drawback5classifier: items/points/clauses/questions6node; joint; segment (botany/zoology)นี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)เพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofเอาตัวรอดao dtuua rôtเอาตัวรอดao dtuua rôt1[to] survive; [to] get by2[to] save one’s own skin
When he got caught breaking the rule, he acted slyly, citing this and that legal clause to get away with it.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

หัวhŭuaหัวhŭua1head (body part)2top; end; tip3leader; chief; head4mind; mentality; way of thinking5beginning; initial part6classifier: head-like items; bulbs; heads of nails/pins7to bud; to sprout8header; title; headlinePart 1
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หมอmŏrหมอmŏr1doctor; physician2traditional healer; shaman3expert; specialist (informal)4veterinarian5not a classifier (use คน/ท่าน)Part 2
หัวหมอhŭua mŏrหัวหมอhŭua mŏra sly, smart‑aleck person who uses tricks or technicalities (disapproving)