Headlong

Adverb

 * 1) With the head first or down.
 * 2) With an unrestrained forward motion.
 * Figures out today show the economy plunging headlong into recession.

Adjective

 * 1) Precipitous.
 * 2) Plunging downwards head foremost.
 * 3) Rushing forward without restraint.
 * 4)  Reckless, impetuous.
 * 5) *1869, RD Blackmoore, Lorna Doone, II:
 * “Time is up,” cried another boy, more headlong than head-monitor.

Verb

 * 1)  To precipitate.
 * 2) *1862, Thomas Adams, The works of Thomas Adams:
 * If a stranger be setting his pace and face toward some deep pit, or steep rock — such a precipice as the cliffs of Dover — how do we cry aloud to have him return ? yet in mean time forget the course of our own sinful ignorance, that headlongs us to confusion.
 * 1) *1905, Liberty Hyde Bailey, The outlook to nature:
 * Carriages went up and down in endless pageant. Trolley-cars rushed by, clanging and grinding as they headlonged into the side streets.

Synonyms for Headlong
precipitate, imprudent, thoughtless, heedless, foolhardy, reckless, hasty, hurried, reckless, impetuous, rash.

Antonyms for Headlong
cautious, wary, careful, deliberate, circumspect, planned.

Derived terms

 * headlongness
 * headlongs

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

Etymology
From hedlong:, alteration of hedling:, heedling:, hevedlynge:, assimilated to long:. More at.

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