loggerhead

Meanings

Plural: loggerheads

Noun

• a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
• very large carnivorous sea turtle; wide-ranging in warm open seas
• A stupid person; a blockhead, a dolt.
• 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.
• A post on a whaling boat used to secure the harpoon rope.
• A thistle-like flowering plant of the genus Centaurea, particularly the common knapweed (Centaurea nigra).
• 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.
• Used as the name of various animals with large heads.
• The loggerhead kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus), a bird endemic to the Caribbean and West Indies.
• Used as the name of various animals with large heads.
• The rufous-tailed flycatcher (Myiarchus validus), a bird endemic to Jamaica.
• Used as the name of various animals with large heads.
• The loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus), a bird endemic to North America.
• 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.
• 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.

Synonyms

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