head
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1.0
- noun
- /hɛd/
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- And every single night I laid my head down on the dirt.
- keep your head
- shake your head
- nod your head
And Scott was shot in the head and died.
- And Scott was shot in the head and died.
- You hit that right on the head, Kim.
- That voice in my head is a mug.
- I just can't get my head around how.
- But when Melanie speaks in her head, she doesn't.
- Like if that don't fuck with your head, like what else does?
- If you laugh, he'll lower his head to his hands and sigh.
- His son goes out, shoots himself in his head, kills himself.
- The first one that pops into my head is chat.
- And I had so much noise in my head, so much noise.
- Why is there a head in the hallway?
- He can't wrap his head around a single subject.
- For the eyes, for the head, for the ears, for the feet.
- His shit, his pants sagging, his head turned to the side.
Examples
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He's fine, but Kevin fell down the stairs and hit his head.
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You definitely hit your head a few times.
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And what you have to do is put your head down like that.
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Come on and get your head in the game.
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You could put your head on my shoulder.
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In my head, I played that game 1,000 times.
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Piazza pictures just kept popping up in my head; I was actually getting a visual.
Academic text (2015) -
I was memorizing long verses, learning to write in my head without using pen and paper.
Academic text (2015) -
Head tilt was measured by the degree of head leaning in infants in a supported sitting position.
Academic text (2015) -
She gently placed her hand on his head to check for fever.
Synonyms
∞
1.6
The part of a person that thinks, feels, and remembers
899
2.3
Mental ability to think and learn
7
1.0
The upper part of the body that holds the brain and face
1
9.9
The part of the mind that reasons and understands ideas
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
33
3.2
A place to live, like a house or flat that keeps you dry and safe
- Informal
5
5.9
A person who thinks carefully and makes sensible choices
- Informal
4
7.0
To leave someone feeling overwhelmed or confused by too much information
- Informal
3
6.5
Make a very loud, long cry because you feel afraid, excited, or upset
- Informal
3
7.4
To cause someone to feel confused or overwhelmed by too much information
- Informal
1
5.5
To make someone understand or accept something after many tries
- Informal
1
8.1
To stay very alert and watch what is happening around you
1
8.2
To try many times to do something without success and feel frustrated
- Informal
1
3.5
To make loud sounds you cannot stop because something is very funny
1
7.7
A sum of money offered to catch or kill a person wanted by the police
- Informal
To notice things happening behind you without turning around
To stay constantly in someone's thoughts and annoy them
To move forward despite strong opposition or many difficulties
Compounds
- Literature
21
6.0
A person on TV or video who speaks directly to viewers and gives opinions
- Offensive
5
9.9
A man's sexual feelings or other emotions that make him act without thinking
5
1.8
A mild viral sickness that makes your nose stuffy, causes sneezing, and may give you a headache
- Specialized
4
5.6
A thin part that sits between the engine block and cylinder head to stop oil, coolant, and gas from leaking
- Informal
2
5.6
A person or thing that looks very attractive and makes people turn to look
- Literature
1
7.8
A king or queen who rules because they get the position from their family
- Specialized
1
6.4
Metal cover that closes the top of an engine cylinder and holds valves and spark plugs
1
6.3
A carved, hollowed pumpkin made to look like a head or a person whose head looks like a pumpkin
- Informal
1
8.7
An intense mental experience that makes you think deeply or feel strong emotions
- US
1
9.9
A rare North American orchid with a brownish-green flower and a red-and-white lip shaped like a small horned animal's head
- Specialized
1
6.0
A small part in a tape or disk player that reads and writes sound and data using a magnet
- Specialized
1
4.1
A padded support on top of a car seat that holds the head and reduces neck injury in a crash
A North American plant in the mint family with two-lipped pink or white flowers in a spike
- Specialized
A plant like snakeweed with small flower heads that have fewer petals and fewer small flowers in the center
- Specialized
A wildflower with a long cone and yellow petals that grows in western North America
- South African
A small African succulent plant with many thin hanging branches like snakes
- Specialized
An accident when the small moving part that reads a hard drive touches the disk and destroys data
- Specialized
A disease from a fungus that attacks wheat or barley heads and reduces the crop
How Informal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Head comes from an old English word heafod meaning 'top' or 'source', and it first named the top part of the body that holds the brain and the senses, which is why we also use head for the mind or brain.