headfirst

adv 2adj 1

Collocations

ADJ.

new

VERB + HEADFIRST

charge, dive, dived, don't, fell, jump, plunge, plunged

HEADFIRST + NOUN

adventures, it's, lake, manure, military, pot, relationship, tree

PREP.

from, into

ADV.

already

Definitions

adv

With the head in front; headlong.

Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation; hastily.

Sheffield was not going to stop being Sheffield just because he had dived headfirst into the lusts of the flesh.

Over the past two years, Silicon Valley’s leaders and investors — many of whom had once forsworn involvement in weapons and war — have plunged headfirst into the military industrial complex.

adj

With the head in front; headlong.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — with the head foremost

headlong

adverb — with the head foremost

headlong

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Sheffield was not going to stop being Sheffield just because he had dived headfirst into the lusts of the flesh.

Wiktionary

Over the past two years, Silicon Valley’s leaders and investors — many of whom had once forsworn involvement in weapons and war — have plunged headfirst into the military industrial complex.

Wiktionary

Plunge the lobsters headfirst into a pot of boiling water.

Tatoeba · #2577672

I never charge headfirst into battle. It's always wiser to wait until the dust settles and pick off the stragglers.

Tatoeba · #8681203

The Englishman had thrown himself with such force at Bonard, that he stumbled and rolled headfirst into manure.

Tatoeba · #11684948

Don't dive headfirst into the lake, it's shallow in some areas.

Tatoeba · #11886761

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