headfirst vs headlong what difference
what is difference between headfirst and headlong
English
Etymology
From head + first.
Adverb
headfirst (not comparable)
- With the head in front; headlong.
- Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation; hastily.
Synonyms
- (with the head in front): headforemost, headlong
Translations
Adjective
headfirst (not comparable)
- With the head in front; headlong.
English
Etymology
From Middle English hedlong, alteration of hedling, heedling, hevedlynge (“headlong”), assimilated to long. More at headling.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɛdlɒŋ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɛdlɔŋ/
- (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈhɛdlɑŋ/
- Rhymes: -ɛdlɒŋ
- Hyphenation: head‧long
Adverb
headlong (not comparable)
- With the head first or down.
- With an unrestrained forward motion.
- Figures out today show the economy plunging headlong into recession.
- Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation, in haste, hastily
Antonyms
- arselong (UK dialect)
Translations
Adjective
headlong (comparative more headlong, superlative most headlong)
- Precipitous.
- Plunging downwards head foremost.
- Rushing forward without restraint.
- (figuratively) Reckless, impetuous.
- 1869, RD Blackmoore, Lorna Doone, II:
- “Time is up,” cried another boy, more headlong than head-monitor.
- 1869, RD Blackmoore, Lorna Doone, II:
Derived terms
- headlongness
- headlongs
Translations
Verb
headlong (third-person singular simple present headlongs, present participle headlonging, simple past and past participle headlonged)
- (transitive) To precipitate.
Anagrams
- Hogeland
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