Synonyms for hammerhead
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Noun
1. Loggerhead
loggerhead, bone head, block head, dumb-ass, dumbarse UK, dunce, nincompoop, lunkhead informal, numbskull UK, numskull US, pin-head, thickhead, shithead vulgar, shathead UK, shitehead UK, knucklehead slang, fuckhead vulgar, dunderhead dated, muttonhead slang UK
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Definitions
- n. 1
The portion of a hammer containing the metal striking face (also including the claw or peen if so equipped).
Related words
- Word family
- hammerkop
- Phrases
- hammerhead turn hammerhead shark
Forms
- Plural
- hammerheads → loggerheads, dumb-asses, dunces, nincompoops…
Example sentences
- loggerhead Loggerhead turtles lay their eggs on the beach.
- nincompoop I slept in and missed my scheduled interview. I feel like such a nincompoop.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| hammerhead | rising | |
| loggerhead | rising | |
| nincompoop | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- dunce
- 8 letters
- shithead2, fuckhead, numskull, lunkhead, dumbarse, shathead
- 9 letters
- numbskull, thickhead2, shitehead, hammerkop
- 10 letters
- loggerhead3, nincompoop3, dunderhead, muttonhead
- 11 letters
- knucklehead
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (shithead2 = 2 syllables).