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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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