loggerhead.
A stupid person; a blockhead, a dolt.
Meaning & usage
A stupid person; a blockhead, a dolt.
A metal tool consisting of a long rod with a bulbous end that is made hot in a fire, then plunged into some material (such as pitch or a liquid) to melt or heat it.
A post on a whaling boat used to secure the harpoon rope.
A thistle-like flowering plant of the genus Centaurea, particularly the common knapweed (Centaurea nigra).
Used as the name of various animals with large heads. The loggerhead duck or Falkland steamer duck (Tachyeres brachypterus; formerly Tachyeres cinereus), a species of steamer duck endemic to the Falkland Islands.
Used as the name of various animals with large heads. The loggerhead kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus), a bird endemic to the Caribbean and West Indies.
Used as the name of various animals with large heads. The rufous-tailed flycatcher (Myiarchus validus), a bird endemic to Jamaica.
Used as the name of various animals with large heads. The loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus), a bird endemic to North America.
Used as the name of various animals with large heads. The loggerhead musk turtle (Sternotherus minor), a large-headed turtle endemic to the United States.
Used as the name of various animals with large heads. The loggerhead sea turtle or loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta), an oceanic turtle found throughout the world.
the head of a leopard, as commonly seen on the flag of Shropshire
Where this word comes from
From logger (“(dialectal) heavy wooden block secured to a horse's leg to prevent it from straying”) + head. Logger was apparently coined because its sound connotes a clumsy, heavy object; compare log (“trunk of a dead tree; bulky piece of wood”).
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