loggerhead
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈlɔɡərˌhɛd/
- Offensive
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idiota
- That loggerhead is always making foolish decisions that leave everyone shaking their heads.
Examples
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Drew, a sub-adult Loggerhead, joined our rehab family on Saturday, June 30th.
Blog text (14) -
And saw a loggerhead shrike from my hotel room in Natchitoches.
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You whoreson loggerhead, you were born to do me shame!
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Ben and Mr. Beebe are at real loggerheads.
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Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Academic text (1994) -
And they're they're what we say we're they're in conflict or at loggerheads about it.
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They were at loggerheads.
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It jeopardizes a whole raft of other negotiations that the unions are already at loggerheads with management over.
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They are loggerheads!
Blog text (33) -
Temple's group has linked the spread of fire ant colonies to the decline in the population of the loggerhead shrike, a grassland bird that is endangered in nine states.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
115
6.0
A person who is seen as stupid or makes simple mistakes
88
9.9
A rude word for someone who does something very stupid
67
9.9
A rude name for a person who is stupid and annoying
55
9.9
A rude word for a person who is very stupid and unpleasant
43
7.9
A person who does silly things without thinking
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8.1
A person who behaves in a foolish way
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8.7
A person who makes silly mistakes
18
9.9
A rude insulting word for someone who is very stupid or unpleasant
15
8.9
A rude word for a person who seems very stupid
14
8.8
A rude, silly person who annoys others
13
8.8
A person who is silly and not very smart
12
8.2
A person who is stupid or slow to understand things
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6.1
A person who learns slowly or has trouble understanding
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9.9
A rude person who is annoying or stupid
6
8.2
A person who is foolish and not very smart
5
9.7
A person who is not very smart
5
9.2
A person who behaves foolishly and who others often insult with this word
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8.9
A person who is very stupid
3
9.9
A rude name for a person who is very silly or not smart
3
9.9
A person who behaves in a silly or stupid way
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9.1
A person who often does foolish things or makes simple mistakes
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8.4
A rude word for someone who is not smart
3
9.8
A person who behaves in a silly or foolish way
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9.3
A person who is not very smart
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8.7
A person who is not very smart
1
9.5
A childish name used to call someone silly
1
9.9
Someone who behaves in a silly or foolish way
1
9.9
A person someone insults for being slow or having old-fashioned views
1
9.8
A rude word for a person who is very stupid
1
9.9
A person who acts in a silly or stupid way
1
9.9
An unpleasant or foolish person said as an insult
1
9.9
A person who is silly and not very clever
1
9.1
A playful insult for a person who acts silly
1
9.9
A person who behaves in a foolish way
1
9.9
An insulting word for a person who does foolish things
1
9.8
A person who acts in a silly or foolish way
1
9.9
A person people insult by saying they are stupid
1
9.9
An insulting word used to call someone stupid
An insulting name for a stupid person
A very rude and annoying person who treats others badly
A rude person who annoys or hurts other people
A person who is not very smart
A person who acts like a fool and makes poor decisions
An insulting word for a rude or stupid person
A word for a foolish person that people say as an insult
Compounds
- Specialized
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9.3
A small North American bird with black eye bands that often sticks its food on thorns
How Stupid
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Loggerhead comes from joining log and head, originally meaning a 'block of wood' or a heavy, dull head. People used it like the word 'blockhead' to call someone foolish, so a loggerhead became an insulting name for a stupid person.