loggerhead

English

Noun

loggerhead (plural loggerheads)

1. 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.
2. (nautical) A post on a whaling boat used to secure the harpoon rope
3. the loggerhead turtle
4. the loggerhead shrike
5. (obsolete) A dolt or blockhead

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Related terms

• at loggerheads