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loggerhead

noun · 13 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlɒɡəhɛd/
  • General-American: /ˈlɔɡɚˌhɛd/
  • General-American: /ˈlɑ-/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: L AA1 G ER0 HH EH2 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A stupid person; a blockhead, a dolt.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: addle-brain, addlehead, addle pate, airhead, baboon, beanbrain, beetlebrain, beetlehead, berk, bimbo, birdbrain, blockhead, blubberbrain, bonehead, Boeotian, boob, bozo, brainlet, brickhead, bubblehead, bubble brain, bufflehead, buffoon, Charlie, chowderhead, chucklehead, chump, cittern-head, clod, clodpate, clot, clown, crackhead, cretin, cuckoo, deadhead, dimbo, dim bulb, dimbus, dimwit, dingbat, ding dong, dingleberry, dingwad, dip, dipstick, doldrum, dolt, donut, doodle, doof, doofoid, doofus, dope, dork, drivel, drongo, drool bucket, dullard, dumb bunny, dumbbell, dumb cluck, dumbhead, dumble, dumbling, dumbnut, dumbo, dummkopf, dummy, dunce, dunderhead, dunderpate, eejit, fathead, featherbrain, fenderhead, fleabrain, fool, fopdoodle, galoot, gimboid, gomer, gonk, goober, goof, goofball, goofy, goon, goose, goosecap, gorbuson, gudgeon, halfwit, ha'porth, hammerhead, idiot, ignoramus, imbecile, inbred, jackaninny, jellybrain, jerk, juggins, jughead, knothead, knucklehead, lackwit, lamebrain, log, loggerhead, lummox, lunk, lunkhead, maroon, meatball, meathead, mental midget, mome, momo, mongoloid, mongtard, monkey, moron, mouth breather, muggins, mushhead, muttonhead, mutt, nimrod, nincompoop, ninny, ninnyhammer, nit, nitwit, noddy, noodlehead, numbskull, oaf, peabrain, peagoose, pillock, pigwidgeon, pinhead, plank, plonker, prat, put, putz, retard, sap, saphead, schmo, silly, simp, simpleton, smooth brain, snapperhead, sot, space cadet, spanner, stupe, stupid, stupid-head, tard, thickhead, thickskull, thicko, tomfool, tonto, toolbox, tosspot, turkey, twit, wally, wantwit, wazzer, wazzock, witless wonder, yo-yo, zany, Vulgar:, ass, assclown, asshat, asshead, asstard, asswipe, buttbreath, dildo, dipshit, donkey dick, Alternative spelling of dumbass., dumbfuck, dumbfucker, dumbshit, farthead, fuck-knuckle, fucktard, fuckwit, jackass, peckerhead, shitbrain, shithead, shitneck, shitwit, twat

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2

noun

Meaning 2

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A post on a whaling boat used to secure the harpoon rope.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: nautical, transport

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A thistle-like flowering plant of the genus Centaurea, particularly the common knapweed (Centaurea nigra).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Midlands, dialectal, in-plural, often

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5

noun

Meaning 5

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: logger duck

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Used as the name of various animals with large heads.

The loggerhead kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus), a bird endemic to the Caribbean and West Indies.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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7

noun

Meaning 7

Used as the name of various animals with large heads.

The rufous-tailed flycatcher (Myiarchus validus), a bird endemic to Jamaica.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 8

Used as the name of various animals with large heads.

The loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus), a bird endemic to North America.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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9

noun

Meaning 9

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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10

noun

Meaning 10

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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11

noun

Meaning 11

the head of a leopard, as commonly seen on the flag of Shropshire

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Shropshire

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12

noun

Meaning 12

very large carnivorous sea turtle; wide-ranging in warm open seas

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sea turtle, marine turtle

13

noun

Meaning 13

a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dunce, dunderhead, numskull, blockhead, bonehead, lunkhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, muttonhead, shithead, dumbass, fuckhead

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: stupid, stupid person, stupe, dullard, dolt, pudding head, pudden-head, poor fish, pillock

History

Etymology

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”).

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: estúpid — a stupid person
  • Catalan: estúpida — a stupid person
  • Finnish: pölkkypää — a stupid person
  • French: idiot — a stupid person
  • French: idiote — a stupid person
  • Italian: stupido — a stupid person
  • Italian: stupida — a stupid person
  • Latin: stultus — a stupid person
  • Latin: stulta — a stupid person
  • Latin: stultum — a stupid person
  • Portuguese: estúpido — a stupid person
  • Portuguese: estúpida — a stupid person
  • Serbo-Croatian: bukvan — a stupid person
  • Spanish: estúpido — a stupid person
  • Spanish: estúpida — a stupid person
  • Dutch: oranjestaarttiran — rufous-tailed flycatcher (Myiarchus validus)
  • French: tyran à queue rousse — rufous-tailed flycatcher (Myiarchus validus)
  • Macedonian: црвеноопашесто муварче (crvenoopašesto muvarče) — rufous-tailed flycatcher (Myiarchus validus)
  • Persian: مگسگیر دمحنایی — rufous-tailed flycatcher (Myiarchus validus)
  • Swedish: rödstjärtad topptyrann — rufous-tailed flycatcher (Myiarchus validus)
  • Welsh: gwybedog cynffonwinau Jamaica — rufous-tailed flycatcher (Myiarchus validus)