loggerhead

n.

1. A loggerhead turtle.
2. An iron tool consisting of a long handle with a bulbous end, used when heated to melt tar or warm liquids.
3. Nautical. A post on a whaleboat used to secure the harpoon rope.
4. Informal.
   1. A blockhead; a dolt.
   2. A disproportionately large head.

idiom:

at loggerheads

1. Engaged in a dispute: The question of car privileges put Sam and his parents at loggerheads.

[Probably dialectal logger, wooden block (probably from LOG¹) + HEAD.]

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
  Synonyms: dunce, dunderhead, numskull, blockhead, bonehead, lunkhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, muttonhead, shithead, fuckhead

Meaning #2: very large carnivorous sea turtle; wide ranging in warm open seas
  Synonyms: loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - fæhoved, langskaftet redskab med smeltehoved for tjære, karetteskildpadde

idioms:

• at loggerheads    være på kant med hinanden, ryge i totterne på hinanden

Nederlands (Dutch)
domkop, dikkoppige zeeschildpad, klauwier (vogel, V.S.), harpoenkluwer, ijzeren bol voor verhitten van teer

Français (French)
n. - andouille

idioms:

• at loggerheads    en désaccord, être en désaccord avec

Deutsch (German)
n. - primitiver, im Feuer erhitzter Tauchsieder, Dummkopf, (zo.) Unechte Karettschildkröte, (zo.) Schafskopfwürger

idioms:

• at loggerheads    zerstritten

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πισσοθερμαντική (σφαιρική) χύτρα

idioms:

• at loggerheads    σε διαμάχη, στα μαχαίρια

Italiano (Italian)
citrullo

idioms:

• at loggerheads    in lite

Português (Portuguese)
n. - palerma (m) (f)

idioms:

• at loggerheads    em desavença

Русский (Russian)
болван, несоразмерно большая голова

idioms:

• at loggerheads    быть в ссоре с кем-л.

Español (Spanish)
n. - imbécil, estúpido

idioms:

• at loggerheads    estar a mal o disgustado o a matar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - lod (långskaftat redskap med kula som värms och används för smältning av tjära), (zool.) havsköldpadda, oäkta karettsköldpadda, snappsköldpadda, träskalle, dumhuvud

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
笨蛋, 红海龟, 铁头棒

idioms:

• at loggerheads    不和, 相争

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 笨蛋, 紅海龜, 鐵頭棒

idioms:

• at loggerheads    不和, 相爭

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 바보, 붉은 바다거북, 철구봉

idioms:

• at loggerheads    말다툼하여, 싸우고

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ウミガメ, 綱掛け柱

idioms:

• at loggerheads    仲たがいして

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الأبله, المغفل, رأس, ضخم, ضخمه الرأس, سلحفاة, كرة حديديه تذيب القطران بعد تسخينها‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מוט ברזל מלובן עם כדור בקצהו להמסת זפת, צב ים בעל ראש גדול, חנקן - ציפור ירוקה, שחורה ולבנה הנמצאת בדרום ארה"ב ובמקסיקו, טיפש, מטומטם‬

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