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Definition of Loggerhead

1. Noun. A stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence.

2. Noun. Very large carnivorous sea turtle; wide-ranging in warm open seas.

Definition of Loggerhead

1. n. A blockhead; a dunce; a numskull.

Definition of Loggerhead

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Loggerhead

1. 1. A blockhead; a dunce; a numskull. 2. A spherical mass of iron, with a long handle, used to heat tar. 3. An upright piece of round timber, in a whaleboat, over which a turn of the line is taken when it is running out too fast. 4. A very large marine turtle (Thalassochelys caretta, or caouana), common in the warmer parts of the Atlantic Ocean, from Brazil to Cape Cod; called also logger-headed turtle. 5. An American shrike (Lanius Ludovicianus), similar to the butcher bird, but smaller. See Shrike. To be at loggerheads, To fall to loggerheads, or To go to loggerheads, to quarrel; to be at strife. Origin: Log + head. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Loggerhead

logasthenia logboard logboards logbook logbooks logcock loge loges logetronography loggat

loggat loggats logged logger loggerhead (current term) loggerhead (current term) loggerheaded loggerheaded loggerheads loggerheads

loggerhead shrike loggerhead turtle loggers loggets loggia loggias loggie loggier loggiest logginess

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