headlong
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5.1
- adverb
- /ˈhɛdˌlɔŋ/
:
de cabeza
- Then she jumped again, as if frightened, and plunged headlong into the river.
- fall headlong
- plunged headlong
- dive headlong
Examples
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I feel I'm flying headlong over a precipice.
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Divers launched themselves and splashed headlong into the swells.
Fiction book (1999) -
Turning, Sandy almost ran headlong into Billy.
Fiction book (1992) -
I had seen them dive headlong into the powder as if it were the river back home.
Fiction book (1994) -
For a moment he teetered on loose legs, then fell headlong.
Fiction book (1992) -
The lead car loses control and plows headlong into a drift.
Fiction book (1992) -
Next thing, Duffy must have tumbled headlong down the stairs.
Fiction book (1997) -
She flew high, headlong, fast up into the sky, where the light was growing and a white wind had erased the unmeaning stars.
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Tamborel began to run, stumbled, and fell headlong onto soggy turf.
Fiction book (1993) -
He fell headlong into the pool and made a big splash.
Synonyms
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3.3
In a way that moves with your face going in front or that shows you act quickly without thinking
Antonyms
Idioms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word headlong is made of head and long, where long once meant 'along'. So it originally meant 'with the head first', which gives a clear image of moving quickly headfirst.