loggerheads

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Fisticuffs; fighting
plural form of loggerhead
The knapweed
plural of loggerhead
{i} part of the phrase "at loggerheads" (at odds, in opposition to)
If two or more people or groups are at loggerheads, they disagree very strongly with each other. For months dentists and the health department have been at loggerheads over fees France was left isolated and at loggerheads with other EU member countries over its refusal to fall into line with demands to cut state borrowing. be at loggerheads (with sb) if two people are at loggerheads, they disagree very strongly be at loggerheads (with somebody) over (loggerhead (16-20 centuries), from logger (16-18 centuries) (probably from LOG) + head)
at loggerheads
unable to agree; opposing

We were really at loggerheads about what to do with the money we found on the side of the road; she said we should turn it in, I said we should set it free.

loggerhead
A dolt or blockhead
loggerhead
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
loggerhead
{n} a blockhead, dunce, stupid person
at loggerheads
involved in an argument, at odds, engaged in a disagreement
at loggerheads
in a dispute or confrontation; "Sam and his parents were at loggerheads over the question of car privileges
be at loggerheads
be in conflict with, be in disagreement with
loggerhead
the loggerhead turtle
loggerhead
a tool consisting of a rod with a bulbuous end, used once made hot in a fire for the purpose of heating liquids that it is plunged into
loggerhead
A very large marine turtle (Thalassochelys caretta, or caouana), common in the warmer parts of the Atlantic Ocean, from Brazil to Cape Cod; called also logger-headed turtle
loggerhead
very large carnivorous sea turtle; wide ranging in warm open seas
loggerhead
A spherical mass of iron, with a long handle, used to heat tar
loggerhead
the Loggerhead Shrike
loggerhead
An upright piece of round timber, in a whaleboat, over which a turn of the line is taken when it is running out too fast
loggerhead
A post on a whaling boat used to secure the harpoon rope
loggerhead
{i} stupid person, idiot; large marine turtle found in warm ocean waters
loggerhead
An American shrike (Lanius Ludovicianus), similar to the butcher bird, but smaller
loggerhead
these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
loggerhead
A blockhead; a dunce; a numskull
loggerheads

    Turkish pronunciation

    lägırhedz

    Pronunciation

    /ˈlägərˌhedz/ /ˈlɑːɡɜrˌhɛdz/

    Etymology

    [ 'lo-g&r-"hed, 'lä- ] (noun.) 1588. probably from English dialect logger block of wood + English head.
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