headache
If you have a headache, you have a pain in your head.
I told Derek I had a headache.
Headache is a countable noun. Don't say that someone ‘has headache’.
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'headache' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Forum discussions with the word(s) "headache" in the title:
-Travelling by plane sometimes makes me a headache. - English Only forum
A / the / that / headache - English Only forum
A headache - English Only forum
A Headache - English Only forum
a headache? how come headache is a countable noun? - English Only forum
a hefty headache - English Only forum
A little headache - A little fever - English Only forum
abolish headache - English Only forum
articles: I have a headache and (a) fever. - English Only forum
Blink away a headache - English Only forum
Can I say "I associate my ringtone with a headache" - English Only forum
Do you have a headache? - English Only forum
drugs for [headache] - English Only forum
Earbasher is an Australian Slang word for those who talk so much that they give you a headache. - English Only forum
Explaining to the doctor about your headache that started a month ago - English Only forum
get rid of headache - English Only forum
Give a headache: give trouble - English Only forum
give them headache/headaches - English Only forum
got a headache or got headaches - English Only forum
Have / Having a headache || had / was having a headache - English Only forum
have a headache - English Only forum
have a headache VS have a pain in the head - English Only forum
have a headache vs have headaches - English Only forum
have got a headache - English Only forum
have/get a headache. - English Only forum
have/having a headache/an appetite - English Only forum
He had been having a headache - English Only forum
headache - English Only forum
headache - English Only forum
Headache and the BE standard - English Only forum
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A / the / that / headache - English Only forum
A headache - English Only forum
A Headache - English Only forum
a headache? how come headache is a countable noun? - English Only forum
a hefty headache - English Only forum
A little headache - A little fever - English Only forum
abolish headache - English Only forum
articles: I have a headache and (a) fever. - English Only forum
Blink away a headache - English Only forum
Can I say "I associate my ringtone with a headache" - English Only forum
Do you have a headache? - English Only forum
drugs for [headache] - English Only forum
Earbasher is an Australian Slang word for those who talk so much that they give you a headache. - English Only forum
Explaining to the doctor about your headache that started a month ago - English Only forum
get rid of headache - English Only forum
Give a headache: give trouble - English Only forum
give them headache/headaches - English Only forum
got a headache or got headaches - English Only forum
Have / Having a headache || had / was having a headache - English Only forum
have a headache - English Only forum
have a headache VS have a pain in the head - English Only forum
have a headache vs have headaches - English Only forum
have got a headache - English Only forum
have/get a headache. - English Only forum
have/having a headache/an appetite - English Only forum
He had been having a headache - English Only forum
headache - English Only forum
headache - English Only forum
Headache and the BE standard - English Only forum
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