Headlong

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  117 Moby Thesaurus words for "headlong":
     a corps perdu, abrupt, abruptly, accident-prone, agile, bluff,
     bold, breakneck, breathless, careless, carelessly, daredevil,
     daring, dashing, desperate, desperately, devil-may-care,
     double-quick, eagle-winged, electrifying, expeditious, express,
     fast, fleet, flying, foolhardy, furious, furiously, galloping,
     hair-trigger, happen what may, harum-scarum, hastily, hasty,
     head over heels, headfirst, headforemost, heedlessly,
     heels over head, helter-skelter, holus-bolus, hotheaded,
     hotheadedly, hurried, hurriedly, hurry-scurry, hustling, impatient,
     impetuous, impetuously, impulsive, impulsively, light of heel,
     light-footed, like crazy, like mad, lively, mad, madly, mercurial,
     nerve-shattering, nimble, nimble-footed, overeager, overeagerly,
     overenthusiastic, overenthusiastically, overhasty, overzealous,
     overzealously, panting, plunging, precipitant, precipitantly,
     precipitate, precipitately, precipitous, precipitously, prompt,
     quick, quick as lightning, quick as thought, quickly,
     ramble-scramble, rapid, rash, rashly, reckless, recklessly,
     running, rushing, sharp, sheer, shocking, slam-bang, slap-bang,
     slapdash, snappy, spanking, speedy, startling, steep, sudden,
     suddenly, surprising, swift, unanticipated, unexpected, unforeseen,
     unlooked-for, unpredicted, vertical, wanton, wantonly, wild,
     wildly, winged