Definitions for: Loggerhead


[n] very large carnivorous sea turtle; wide ranging in warm open seas
[n] these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence



Webster (1913) Definition: Log"ger*head`, n. [Log + head.]
1. A blockhead; a dunce; a numskull. --Shak. Milton.

2. A spherical mass of iron, with a long handle, used to heat
tar.

3. (Naut.) 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. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.

4. (Zo["o]l.) 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. (Zo["o]l.) 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. --L' Estrange.

Synonyms: blockhead, bonehead, Caretta caretta, dunce, dunderhead, fuckhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead turtle, lunkhead, muttonhead, numskull, shithead

See Also: Caretta, genus Caretta, marine turtle, sea turtle, simple, simpleton

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