Sekirov Dictionary

headlong

UK /ˈhɛd.lɒŋ/US /ˈhɛd.lɔŋ/

adjective 4
adverb 3
verb 1
forms 5

adjective4

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Rushing forward without restraint.
- Bumps, bruises, and scratches are often the result of their efforts to outstrip each other in the headlong race. — 1900
•
(figurative) Reckless; impetuous.
- “Time is up,” cried another boy, more headlong than head-monitor. — 1869
•
Plunging downwards head foremost.
- On sighting their prey, they check their flight and hurtle in a headlong dive to the sea. — 1993
•
Precipitous.
- Their path led them past sharp cliffs, along narrow trails unknown and untrodden, past headlong boulders strewn across barren, treeless, wind-haunted heights. — 1961

adverb3

verb1

•
To precipitate.
- Carriages went up and down in endless pageant. Trolley-cars rushed by, clanging and grinding as they headlonged into the side streets. — 1905

forms

headlonged · headlonging · headlongs · more headlong · most headlong

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