head cold

1. 1.

   a common cold affecting the nasal passages and resulting in congestion and sneezing and headache

   Broadercold

Questions about head cold

What does head cold mean?

head cold means "a common cold affecting the nasal passages and resulting in congestion and sneezing and headache".

Is head cold a common word?

head cold is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.