Found 2 items, similar to Headlong.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: headlong headlong adj 1: excessively quick; “made a hasty exit”; “a headlong rush to sell” [syn: hasty] 2: with the head foremost; “a headfirst plunge down the stairs”; “a headlong dive into the pool” [syn: headfirst] adv 1: with the head foremost; “the runner slid headlong into third base” [syn: headfirst] 2: at breakneck speed; “burst headlong through the gate” [syn: precipitately] 3: in a hasty and foolhardy manner; “he fell headlong in love with his cousin” [syn: rashly]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Headlong Headlong \Head"long\, a. 1. Rash; precipitate; as, headlong folly. [1913 Webster] 2. Steep; precipitous. [Poetic] [1913 Webster] Like a tower upon a headlong rock. --Byron. [1913 Webster] Headlong \Head"long`\ (-l[o^]ng`; 115), adv. [OE. hedling, hevedlynge; prob. confused with E. long, a. & adv.] [1913 Webster] 1. With the head foremost; headforemost; head first; as, to fall headlong. --Acts i. 18. [1913 Webster] 2. Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation. [1913 Webster] 3. Hastily; without delay or respite. [1913 Webster]