loggerhead
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[edit] Noun
loggerhead (plural loggerheads)
- a tool consisting of a rod with a bulbous end, used once made hot in a fire for the purpose of heating liquids that it is plunged into.
- (nautical) A post on a whaling boat used to secure the harpoon rope
- the loggerhead turtle
- the loggerhead shrike
- (informal) A dolt or blockhead
