'Headlong' definitions:
Definition of 'headlong'
(from WordNet)
adverb
With the head foremost; "the runner slid headlong into third base" [syn: headlong, headfirst]
adverb
At breakneck speed; "burst headlong through the gate" [syn: headlong, precipitately]
adverb
In a hasty and foolhardy manner; "he fell headlong in love with his cousin" [syn: headlong, rashly]
adjective
Excessively quick; "made a hasty exit"; "a headlong rush to sell" [syn: hasty, headlong]
adjective
With the head foremost; "a headfirst plunge down the stairs"; "a headlong dive into the pool" [syn: headfirst, headlong]
Definition of 'Headlong'
From: GCIDE
- Headlong \Head"long`\ (-l[o^]ng`; 115), adv. [OE. hedling, hevedlynge; prob. confused with E. long, a. & adv.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. With the head foremost; headforemost; head first; as, to fall headlong. --Acts i. 18. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Hastily; without delay or respite. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Headlong'
From: GCIDE
- Headlong \Head"long\, a.
- 1. Rash; precipitate; as, headlong folly. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Steep; precipitous. [Poetic] [1913 Webster]
- Like a tower upon a headlong rock. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'headlong'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a corps perdu,
- abrupt,
- abruptly,
- accident-prone,
- agile,
- bluff,
- bold,
- breakneck,
- breathless,
- careless,
- carelessly,
- daredevil,
- daring,
- dashing,
- desperate,
- desperately,
- devil-may-care,
- double-quick,
- eagle-winged,
- electrifying,
- expeditious,
- express,
- fast,
- fleet,
- flying,
- foolhardy,
- furious,
- furiously,
- galloping,
- hair-trigger,
- happen what may,
- harum-scarum,
- hastily,
- hasty,
- head over heels,
- headfirst,
- headforemost,
- heedlessly,
- heels over head,
- helter-skelter,
- holus-bolus,
- hotheaded,
- hotheadedly,
- hurried,
- hurriedly,
- hurry-scurry,
- hustling,
- impatient,
- impetuous,
- impetuously,
- impulsive,
- impulsively,
- light of heel,
- light-footed,
- like crazy,
- like mad,
- lively,
- mad,
- madly,
- mercurial,
- nerve-shattering,
- nimble,
- nimble-footed,
- overeager,
- overeagerly,
- overenthusiastic,
- overenthusiastically,
- overhasty,
- overzealous,
- overzealously,
- panting,
- plunging,
- precipitant,
- precipitantly,
- precipitate,
- precipitately,
- precipitous,
- precipitously,
- prompt,
- quick,
- quick as lightning,
- quick as thought,
- quickly,
- ramble-scramble,
- rapid,
- rash,
- rashly,
- reckless,
- recklessly,
- running,
- rushing,
- sharp,
- sheer,
- shocking,
- slam-bang,
- slap-bang,
- slapdash,
- snappy,
- spanking,
- speedy,
- startling,
- steep,
- sudden,
- suddenly,
- surprising,
- swift,
- unanticipated,
- unexpected,
- unforeseen,
- unlooked-for,
- unpredicted,
- vertical,
- wanton,
- wantonly,
- wild,
- wildly,
- winged