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loggerheads. noun [ plural ] uk / ˈlɒɡ.ə.hedz / us / ˈlɑː.ɡɚ.hedz /. be at loggerheads (with someone) Add to word list. Add to word list. to strongly disagree (with someone): The party is at loggerheads with the president over public spending. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
loggerhead. noun. log· ger· head ˈlȯ-gər-ˌhed. ˈlä- Synonyms of loggerhead. 1. chiefly dialectal. a. : blockhead. b. : head. especially : a disproportionately large head. 2. a. : a very large chiefly carnivorous sea turtle (Caretta caretta) of subtropical and temperate waters. b. : alligator snapping turtle. 3.
noun [ plural ] us / ˈlɑː.ɡɚ.hedz / uk / ˈlɒɡ.ə.hedz /. be at loggerheads (with someone) Add to word list. Add to word list. to strongly disagree (with someone): The party is at loggerheads with the president over public spending. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Arguing & disagreeing.
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‘At loggerheads’ is of UK origin. The singular ‘loggerhead’ occurs as a name in several contexts – as a species of turtle, a bird and as a place name. Originally, a loggerhead was none of these but was used with the meaning of ‘a stupid person – a blockhead’. Shakespeare used it that way in Love’s Labours Lost, 1588:
Define loggerheads. loggerheads synonyms, loggerheads pronunciation, loggerheads translation, English dictionary definition of loggerheads. plural noun at loggerheads quarrelling, opposed, feuding, at odds, estranged, in dispute, at each other's throats, at daggers drawn, at enmity Dentists and...
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Loggerheads definition: . See examples of LOGGERHEADS used in a sentence.
