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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
headlong
    adv 1: with the head foremost; "the runner slid headlong into
           third base" [syn: headlong, headfirst]
    2: at breakneck speed; "burst headlong through the gate" [syn:
       headlong, precipitately]
    3: in a hasty and foolhardy manner; "he fell headlong in love
       with his cousin" [syn: headlong, rashly]
    adj 1: excessively quick; "made a hasty exit"; "a headlong rush
           to sell" [syn: hasty, headlong]
    2: with the head foremost; "a headfirst plunge down the stairs";
       "a headlong dive into the pool" [syn: headfirst,
       headlong]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Headlong \Head"long`\ (-l[o^]ng`; 115), adv. [OE. hedling,
   hevedlynge; prob. confused with E. long, a. & adv.]
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   1. With the head foremost; headforemost; head first; as, to
      fall headlong. --Acts i. 18.
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   2. Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation.
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   3. Hastily; without delay or respite.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Headlong \Head"long\, a.
   1. Rash; precipitate; as, headlong folly.
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   2. Steep; precipitous. [Poetic]
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            Like a tower upon a headlong rock.    --Byron.
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Thesaurus Results for headlong:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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