Meaning
Stubborn and disobedient; refusing to learn or listen — a head too 'hard' for sense or advice to get in. A 'hard-head' child ignores warnings and repeats the same mistakes. Close in meaning to 'hard-ears' and 'big-head', it is a common scolding, tied to the warning that the hard-headed learn only through suffering.
Examples
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Di hard-head bwoy touch di hot stove again.
The hard-headed boy touched the hot stove again.
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Yuh too hard-head, yuh nah learn.
You're too stubborn; you won't learn.
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Hard-head pickney suffer.
The hard-headed child suffers.
Origin
From 'hard' + 'head'; stubborn/unteachable. See [[hard-ears]], [[big-head]].
How it’s used
Stubborn/disobedient, won't learn; like 'hard-ears'. See [[hard-ears]], [[big-head]], [[if-yuh-cyaan-hear-yuh-feel]].