headfirst

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See also: head-first and head first

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From head +‎ first.

Adverb[edit]

headfirst (not comparable)

With the head in front; headlong.
Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation; hastily.
- 2016, Kerry Greenwood, Murder and Mendelssohn, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 245:
  Sheffield was not going to stop being Sheffield just because he had dived headfirst into the lusts of the flesh.

Synonyms[edit]

(with the head in front): headforemost, headlong

Translations[edit]

headlong — see headlong

Adjective[edit]

headfirst (not comparable)

With the head in front; headlong.

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