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.
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2. Steep; precipitous. [Poetic]
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Like a tower upon a headlong rock. --Byron.
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Headlong
\Head"long`\ (-l[o^]ng`; 115), adv. [OE. hedling,
hevedlynge; prob. confused with E. long, a. & adv.]
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1. With the head foremost; headforemost; head first; as, to
fall headlong. --Acts i. 18.
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2. Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation.
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3. Hastily; without delay or respite.
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