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loggerhead
[ law-ger-hed, log-er- ]
noun
- a thick-headed or stupid person; blockhead.
- a ball or bulb of iron with a long handle, used, after being heated, to melt tar, heat liquids, etc.
- a rounded post, in the stern of a whaleboat, around which the harpoon line is passed.
- a circular inkwell having a broad, flat base.
loggerhead
/ ˈ±ôɒɡəˌ³óÉ›»å /
noun
- Also calledloggerhead turtle a large-headed turtle, Caretta caretta, occurring in most seas: family Chelonidae
- loggerhead shrikea North American shrike, Lanius ludovicianus, having a grey head and body, black-and-white wings and tail, and black facial stripe
- a tool consisting of a large metal sphere attached to a long handle, used for warming liquids, melting tar, etc
- a strong round upright post in a whaleboat for belaying the line of a harpoon
- archaic.a blockhead; dunce
- at loggerheadsengaged in dispute or confrontation
Derived Forms
- ˈ±ô´Ç²µ²µ±ð°ùËŒ³ó±ð²¹»å±ð»å, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±ô´Ç²µî€ƒg±ð°ù·³ó±ð²¹»åe»å adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of loggerhead1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of loggerhead1
Idioms and Phrases
- at loggerheads, engaged in a disagreement or dispute; quarreling:
They were at loggerheads over the distribution of funds.
Example Sentences
When it came to telling Ono’s story, Sheff found himself at loggerheads over the ethics of authoring her biography.
Little says he and Hogshead were at loggerheads when he disagreed with her tactics in confronting universities and entities over violations of Title IX, the federal law mandating gender equality in higher education sports programs.
And that is where the modern left and the modern right are at loggerheads, in the sense that the left sees government as a solution, and the right sees government itself as a problem.
But there was a warning, from China – admittedly not a signatory to the ICC and currently at loggerheads with the Philippines – not to politicise ICC cases.
Now the prime minister confronts a situation where two of the UK's allies are at loggerheads in the most public and angry way.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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