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Definition of Headlong
1. Adjective. Excessively quick. "A headlong rush to sell"
2. Adverb. With the head foremost. "The runner slid headlong into third base"
3. Adjective. With the head foremost. "A headlong dive into the pool"
4. Adverb. At breakneck speed. "Burst headlong through the gate"
5. Adverb. In a hasty and foolhardy manner. "He fell headlong in love with his cousin"
Definition of Headlong
1. adv. With the head foremost; as, to fall headlong.
2. a. Rash; precipitate; as, headlong folly.
Definition of Headlong
1. Adverb. With the head first or down. ¹
2. Adverb. With an unrestrained forward motion. ¹
3. Adjective. Precipitous. ¹
4. Adjective. Plunging downwards head foremost. ¹
5. Adjective. Rushing forward without restraint. ¹
6. Adjective. (figuratively) Reckless, impetuous. ¹
7. Verb. (transitive) To precipitate. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Headlong
1. rash; impetuous [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Headlong
Literary usage of Headlong
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Contemporary Review (1875)
"Of this chorus we must quote a single snatch— " Hail to the headlong ! the headlong
ap-headlong ! All hail to the headlong ! tho headlong ..."
2. A Concordance to the English Poems of Thomas Gray by Albert Stanburrough Cook, Concordance Society (1908)
"The powerful pothooks did so move him, LS 86. Poultry. Or any malice to the
poultry, Pound. fand now shews a Pound ; Pour. headlong, impetuous, see it pour; ..."
3. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptomes by Robert Burton (1800)
"Cast down headlong on a sudden. Or put case they escape, and rest unmasked to
their lives end, yet after their ..."
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