Loggerhead (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a thick-headed or stupid person; blockhead.
  2. loggerhead turtle.
  3. loggerhead shrike.
  4. a ball or bulb of iron with a long handle, used, after being heated, to melt tar, heat liquids, etc.
  5. a rounded post, in the stern of a whaleboat, around which the harpoon line is passed.
  6. a circular inkwell having a broad, flat base.
Idioms
  1. engaged in a disagreement or dispute; quarreling: They were at loggerheads over the distribution of funds.
noun
  1. a large-headed turtle, Caretta caretta, occurring in most seas: family Chelonidae
  2. a North American shrike, Lanius ludovicianus, having a grey head and body, black-and-white wings and tail, and black facial stripe
  3. a tool consisting of a large metal sphere attached to a long handle, used for warming liquids, melting tar, etc
  4. a strong round upright post in a whaleboat for belaying the line of a harpoon
  5. a blockhead; dunce
  6. engaged in dispute or confrontation
Loggerhead (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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