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Definition of Headfirst
1. Adverb. With the head foremost. "The runner slid headlong into third base"
2. Adjective. With the head foremost. "A headlong dive into the pool"
Definition of Headfirst
1. adv. With the head foremost.
Definition of Headfirst
1. Adverb. With the head in front; headlong ¹
2. Adjective. With the head in front; headlong ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Headfirst
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Headfirst
Literary usage of Headfirst
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Beginnings of Modern Europe (1250-1450) by Ephraim Emerton (1917)
"He finds Nicholas III of the Orsini family, who died in 1280, a man of good
personal character and zealous for the success of the Papacy, plunged headfirst ..."
2. Tobogganing on Crooked Runs by Harry Gibson, F. de B. Strickland (1894)
"Besides, the headfirst position is easier and safer than any other, and can be
learnt up to a certain point in a much shorter time. ..."
3. Annotated Cases, American and English by H Noyes Greene, William Mark McKinney, David Shephard Garland (1918)
"... ran against the curbstone and he felt off headfirst;" that "the horses was
coming down the side of the sidewalk, not running, but not coming easy, ..."
4. Ninth Day of Creationby Leonard Crane by Leonard Crane (2000)
"It seemed to pause, as if stuck on a window ledge. Then it rolled out into the
air and fell toward the street. headfirst He was diving headfirst ..."
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