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loggerheads Meaning & Definition

What Does Loggerheads Mean?

As a noun, loggerheads means plural of loggerhead. It can also mean Fisticuffs; fighting.

Loggerheads Definition (Noun)

  1. plural of loggerhead
  2. Fisticuffs; fighting.
  3. The knapweed.

Noun

  1. A stupid person; a blockhead, a dolt.
  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.
  3. A post on a whaling boat used to secure the harpoon rope.
  4. (often in the plural) A thistle-like flowering plant of the genus Centaurea, particularly the common knapweed (Centaurea nigra).
  5. Used as the name of various animals with large heads.

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