headlong.
With the head first or down.
Meaning & usage
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.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English hedlong, alteration of hedling, heedling, hevedlynge (“headlong”), assimilated to long. More at headling.
Precipitous.
Plunging downwards head foremost.
Rushing forward without restraint.
Reckless; impetuous.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English hedlong, alteration of hedling, heedling, hevedlynge (“headlong”), assimilated to long. More at headling.
To precipitate.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English hedlong, alteration of hedling, heedling, hevedlynge (“headlong”), assimilated to long. More at headling.
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