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
Guardiola was often at loggerheads with ground staff, though, over the length of the grass and state of the playing surfaces at the Etihad and the training ground, with the Catalan asking for things that the staff did not feel were possible.
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Sam Lee, New York Times, 25 May 2026
The hawksbill, loggerhead, and green sea turtles still come to Curaçao to lay their eggs, but the leatherback sea turtle, the largest sea turtle species, no longer nests on the island.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2026
Akingbola plays astronaut Dr Henry Evans, in charge of the nuclear reactor that sustains life on the moon, while Fee plays astronaut Dr Declan McAllister, whose bullish demeanor puts him at loggerheads with Claire.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 May 2026
The Congress Party and the DMK have been at loggerheads over seat sharing and leadership within the opposition bloc, whereas the NDA has faced internal friction over constituency allocation and candidate selection.
—Shabnam Dohutia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Mar. 2026
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Sam Lee, New York Times, 25 May 2026
The hawksbill, loggerhead, and green sea turtles still come to Curaçao to lay their eggs, but the leatherback sea turtle, the largest sea turtle species, no longer nests on the island.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2026
Akingbola plays astronaut Dr Henry Evans, in charge of the nuclear reactor that sustains life on the moon, while Fee plays astronaut Dr Declan McAllister, whose bullish demeanor puts him at loggerheads with Claire.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 May 2026
The Congress Party and the DMK have been at loggerheads over seat sharing and leadership within the opposition bloc, whereas the NDA has faced internal friction over constituency allocation and candidate selection.
—Shabnam Dohutia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loggerhead
Noun
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Lluís then calls Puig Antich a moron.—
Colm Tóibín,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2026
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This drunk moron — quite different from his character in the novel — bears a ton of blame.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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My dad has always said the lottery is a tax on the stupid.—
Alex Crippen,
CNBC,
4 Apr. 2026
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The scale of the headloss was best summed up by Luis Suarez attempting to reason with Messi, before the Argentine did anything on the Suarez scale of stupid.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The cannister featured an image of an angry mutt with saliva dripping from its jaws.—
Peter Hessler,
New Yorker,
31 May 2026
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Not that hard to leave the little mutts at home for the grocery store trip.—
Joe Kinsey OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
26 May 2026
Noun
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The special is also filled with fin-tastic footage of hammerheads in their natural environment.—
Kelli Bender,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
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There may be different types of sharks showing up, such as tiger, bull sharks and smooth hammerheads, Lowe said.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
30 May 2026
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“Loggerhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loggerhead. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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