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View synonyms for heads

heads

[ hedz ]

adjective

  1. (of a coin) with the top, or obverse, facing up:

    On the first toss, the coin came up heads.



heads

/ hɛdz /

interjection

  1. See tails
    with the obverse side of a coin uppermost, esp if it has a head on it: used as a call before tossing a coin Compare tails
  2. the heads informal.
    the heads people in authority


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Word History and Origins

Origin of heads1

First recorded in 1675–85; head + -s 1

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Example Sentences

Employees strap a device to their heads and power a helicopter drone with their minds.

Other footage shows him fleeing, keeping to a quick walk, jogging briefly, then walking again as he heads for a subway station.

Both the Ramos sons squeezed their eyes and lowered their heads, doing their best not to cry.

They keep their heads low while running behind a large curtain covering the opening between two housing blocks.

Cinema Services gave him the heads-up that Sony was going forward with the December 25 release.

Alessandro walked at the horses' heads, his face sunk on his breast, his eyes fixed on the ground.

There are five general heads under which the characteristics to be sought may be grouped.

Their heads might have been turned upside-down, so absolutely did they tread upon blue ether.

All night long they expected to hear the roar of the pursuing guns, to find the sabers of the Dragoons flashing over their heads.

It was a cloudy, stormy evening: high wind was blowing, and the branches of the trees groaned and creaked above our heads.

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