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Definition of Head over heels
1. Adverb. In disorderly haste. "We ran head over heels toward the shelter"
Definition of Head over heels
1. Adverb. Tumbling upside down. ¹
2. Adverb. At top speed; frantically. ¹
3. Adverb. Hopelessly smitten. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Head Over Heels
Literary usage of Head over heels
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"See EPICENE PRONOUNS. head over heels Part of the appeal of this adverbial phrase
... head over heels has now entirely superseded heels over head, ..."
2. English Hymns: Their Authors and History by Samuel Willoughby Duffield (1886)
"The argument was closed by their ejecting the eloquent Tory head over heels
through a window into the street, minus his hat and coat ; it is rumored that ..."
3. Choice Literature: A Monthly Magazine (1885)
"Here and there a seal sprang up, plunged head over heels, and then disappeared
under the gently-curling plain. The captain, a taciturn man with dark ..."
4. Wanderings of an Artist Among the Indians of North America: From Canada to by Paul Kane (1859)
"Head over Heels.—Sketching under Difficulties. — A Troublesome Tenant. I ARRIVED
at Fort Garry about three days after the half-breeds had departed; ..."
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