headfirst

See also: head-first and head first

English

Etymology

From head +‎ first.

Adverb

headfirst (not comparable)

  1. With the head in front; headlong.
    Antonym: feet first
  2. Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation; hastily.
    • 2016, Kerry Greenwood, Murder and Mendelssohn, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 245:
      Sheffield was not going to stop being Sheffield just because he had dived headfirst into the lusts of the flesh.

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Adjective

headfirst (not comparable)

  1. With the head in front; headlong.
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