headlong
Use Headlong in a sentence
adverb
1.
with the head foremost; headfirst: to plunge headlong into the water.
2.
without delay; hastily: to plunge headlong into work.
3.
without deliberation; rashly: to rush headlong into battle.
adjective
4.
undertaken quickly and suddenly; made precipitately; hasty: a headlong flight.
5.
rash; impetuous: a headlong denunciation.
6.
done or going with the head foremost: a headlong dive into the pool.
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Related forms
head·long·ness, noun
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headlong (ˈhɛdˌlɒŋ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adv, —adj | |
| 1. | with the head foremost; headfirst |
| 2. | with great haste |
| —adj | |
| 3. | archaic (of slopes, etc) very steep; precipitous |
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Word Origin & History
headlong
1482, from hed "head" + suffix -ling (see grovel). Altered by folk etymology on pattern of sidelong, etc.
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Example sentences
There goes a horse into a deep hole and his rider falls headlong out of the saddle.
They are a franchise that spent lavishly in a headlong quest to get what it wanted.
The three moose, bleating at the sight of breakfast, rushed headlong for the scientists.
Yet the headlong expansion continues, either through the opening of yet more new stores or through a rash of takeovers.
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