as in idiot
a stupid person
that loggerhead couldn't find the business end of a cow even if his life depended on it
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Recent Examples of loggerhead
Campaign staff were constantly at loggerheads vying for personal prominence and power.
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Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 1 May 2025
Progress on the proposal appeared to stall by summer last year as then-President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were at increasing loggerheads over humanitarian concerns and mounting civilian Palestinian death tolls.
—Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2025
Congress can’t seem to agree on anything these days with Republicans and Democrats seemingly at loggerheads over every piece of legislation.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 11 June 2025
The parties have been at loggerheads over how to conduct business in the Minnesota House.
—Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 29 Jan. 2025
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Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 1 May 2025
Progress on the proposal appeared to stall by summer last year as then-President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were at increasing loggerheads over humanitarian concerns and mounting civilian Palestinian death tolls.
—Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2025
Congress can’t seem to agree on anything these days with Republicans and Democrats seemingly at loggerheads over every piece of legislation.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 11 June 2025
The parties have been at loggerheads over how to conduct business in the Minnesota House.
—Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 29 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loggerhead
Noun
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So, the parallel thing that I’ve been frustrated by recently is not just calling Trump stupid, but calling Trump voters stupid.—
Drew Broussard
May 22,
Literary Hub,
22 May 2025
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Sometimes too stupid is actually smartski but sometimes is just stupid stupid.—
Caroline Downey,
National Review,
27 Mar. 2025
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The toilet does the heavy work automatically with an electromechanical system, so all the owner of said waste has to do is grab the sealed, odorless bag and drop it in the garbage, much like a mutt mitt.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 May 2025
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Remember when this series started, the Nuggets were heavy underdogs, viewed as mutts.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
11 May 2025
Noun
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And, brother, are there a lot of varieties — hammerhead shark, walking shark, whale shark, tawny nurse shark, pajama shark, pelagic thresher, tiger shark, tasselled wobbegong shark, puffadder shy shark, baby shark, mommy shark and daddy shark, to name but a few.—
Robert Lloyd,
Los Angeles Times,
3 July 2025
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Researchers examined the feeding and habitat patterns of 62 great hammerhead sharks sampled between 2018 and 2025.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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Each year, fire safety officials warn of the dangers of fireworks and stage demonstrations of dummies that catch fire and watermelons that explode.—
Linda Trischitta,
Sun-Sentinel.com,
10 July 2017
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Zuby said the Tesla Model S didn’t have a strong enough safety belt, and a dummy used to simulate a driver in the small overlap test moved too far forward during the crash, striking its head on the steering wheel.—
Diana Kruzman,
USA TODAY,
6 July 2017
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“Loggerhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loggerhead. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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