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.
Origin of loggerhead
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combative, contentious, hostile, quarrelsome, ornery, bellicose, antagonistic, aggressive, fierce, militant, flip, fighting, mean, conflicting, ardent, cantankerous, hot, hot-tempered, pugnaciousloggerhead
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Word Origin for loggerhead
C16: probably from dialect logger wooden block + head
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