headlong

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities

Also spelled head-long

US /ˈhɛd.lɔŋ/ UK /ˈhɛd.lɒŋ/ See IPA manual

Freq #35011

Meanings

1

adv
with the head foremost

The runner slid headlong into third base.
2

adv
in a hasty and foolhardy manner

I fell headlong in love with my neighbor.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adv · with the head foremost headfirstheadlong

2 adv · in a hasty and foolhardy... rashly

More hasty precipitous precipitant hasteful

Opposites

arselong

Word family

Forms headforemost

Derived forms headlongnessheadlongs

Etymology

From Middle English hedlong, alteration of hedling, heedling, hevedlynge (“headlong”), assimilated to long. More at headling.

hedlong Middle English

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Describing Qualities

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