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loggerhead
noun
log·ger·head
ˈlȯ-gər-ˌhed 
ˈlä-
2
a
: a very large chiefly carnivorous sea turtle (Caretta caretta) of subtropical and temperate waters
3
: an iron tool consisting of a long handle terminating in a ball or bulb that is heated and used to melt tar or to heat liquids
Synonyms
- airhead
- birdbrain
- blockhead
- bonehead
- bubblehead
- chowderhead
- chucklehead
- clodpoll
- clodpole
- clot [British]
- cluck
- clunk
- cretin
- cuddy [British dialect]
- cuddie
- deadhead
- dim bulb [slang]
- dimwit
- dip
- dodo
- dolt
- donkey
- doofus [slang]
- dope
- dork [slang]
- dullard
- dum-dum
- dumbbell
- dumbhead
- dummkopf
- dummy
- dunce
- dunderhead
- fathead
- gander
- golem
- goof
- goon
- half-wit
- hammerhead
- hardhead
- idiot
- ignoramus
- imbecile
- jackass
- know-nothing
- knucklehead
- lamebrain
- loon
- lump
- lunkhead
- meathead
- mome [archaic]
- moron
- mug [chiefly British]
- mutt
- natural
- nimrod [slang]
- nincompoop
- ninny
- ninnyhammer
- nit [chiefly British]
- nitwit
- noddy
- noodle
- numskull
- numbskull
- oaf
- pinhead
- prat [British]
- ratbag [chiefly Australian]
- saphead
- schlub [slang]
- shlub
- schnook [slang]
- simpleton
- stock
- stupe
- stupid
- thickhead
- turkey
- woodenhead
- yahoo
- yo-yo
Examples of loggerhead in a Sentence
that loggerhead couldn't find the business end of a cow even if his life depended on it
Recent Examples on the Web
With Liam and his brother, band leader Noel Gallagher, at loggerheads since 2009, nobody really expected Oasis to reunite, but a series of cryptic social media posts were followed on Tuesday with the confirmation Manchester’s favorite bad boy sons are going back on tour.
—
Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2024
Even as the West remained at loggerheads with Russia over the war in Ukraine, Russian officials agreed to reopen lines of communication relating to the South Caucasus shortly before the September war in Nagorno-Karabakh, meeting with Western counterparts several times.
—Olesya Vartanyan, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2023
Hurricane Irma in 2017, for instance, saw 56% of green turtle nests and 24% of loggerhead turtle nests on the coast of Florida destroyed.
—Jules Howard, TIME, 4 Sep. 2024
After a slow, steady recovery in Florida, a 375-pound loggerhead sea turtle named Bubba is swimming free in the Atlantic Ocean.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 13 July 2024
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2024
Even as the West remained at loggerheads with Russia over the war in Ukraine, Russian officials agreed to reopen lines of communication relating to the South Caucasus shortly before the September war in Nagorno-Karabakh, meeting with Western counterparts several times.
—Olesya Vartanyan, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2023
Hurricane Irma in 2017, for instance, saw 56% of green turtle nests and 24% of loggerhead turtle nests on the coast of Florida destroyed.
—Jules Howard, TIME, 4 Sep. 2024
After a slow, steady recovery in Florida, a 375-pound loggerhead sea turtle named Bubba is swimming free in the Atlantic Ocean.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 13 July 2024
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loggerhead
noun
log·ger·head
ˈlȯg-ər-ˌhed
ˈläg-
: any of several very large turtles
especially
: a flesh-eating sea turtle of the warmer parts of the western Atlantic
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