headlong

Signification (Anglais)

Adv

1. (not-comparable) With the head first or down.
2. (not-comparable) With an unrestrained forward motion.
3. (not-comparable) Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation; in haste, hastily.

Adj

1. Precipitous.
2. Plunging downwards head foremost.
3. Rushing forward without restraint.
4. (figuratively) Reckless; impetuous.

Verb

To precipitate.

Concepts

la tête la première

témérairement

inconsciemment

inconsidérément

étourdiment

sans intermédiaire

tête baissée

directement

à même

hâtif

Opposé de

feet first

Synonymes

headfirst

rashly

head over heels

precipitately

headforemost

rash

impetuously

impetuous

headily

foolhardy

hasty

reckless

recklessly

violent

like mad

at breakneck speed

like a shot

precipitate

fiercely

precipitous

downward

directly

slap-bang

lickety cut

resolutely

smack

suddenly

sweeping

sweepingly

swift

swiftly

thumping

uncontrollably

lickety split

dush

at top speed

heels over head

hell-for-leather

headlongs

lickety-split

slam-bang

abruptly

helter-skelter

head first

furiously

in person

Traductions

kopfüber

precipitosamente

de cabeza

precipitado

a capofitto

precipitado

precipitat

hastig

Hals über Kopf

de cap

schnell

ungestüm

voreilig

überstürzt

persönlich

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈhɛd.lɒŋ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English hedlong, alteration of hedling, heedling, hevedlynge (“headlong”), assimilated to long. More at headling.