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heads en · INTJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

Plural of head.

Meanings

  1. A shouted warning that something is falling from above, mind your heads; heads-up.

Forms

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Synonyms

fore (warning) · timber (warning) · heads up (warning)

heads en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

Plural of head.

Meanings

  1. The part of older sailing ships forward of the forecastle and around the beak, used by the crew as their lavatory; still used as the word for toilets on a ship.
  2. (form-of, plural) plural of head.
    form of head
  3. One side of a coin
    • Heads, I win.
  4. (usually) One side of a coin: ▸ The side that bears the picture of the head of state or other national symbol.
  5. (Ireland, sometimes) One side of a coin: ▸ The side that does not bear an image of the Irish harp.
  6. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping) Clipping of headphones.
    alt of headphones
    • Pass me the heads, I wanna listen.
  7. (Ireland) The draft scheme of a bill before it is formally introduced to a parliament.
    • Until the session of 1782 bills could only (under Poynings’ Law) begin in the Irish privy council. However, informal legislative initiatives, known as ‘heads of bills’, began regularly in the houses of parliament. 2000s "How Irish statutes were made" Queens University Belfast
    • The Heads of the Bill are being published to enable consultation with relevant sectors on the proposed changes prior to the detailed drafting of the Bill. 2012 Department of Justice and Equality "Government Publishes Proposed Amendments to Anti Money-Laundering Law" Dublin, 6 June 2012
  8. Tiles laid at the eaves of a house.

Antonyms

harps · tails

Deriveds

heads of agreement · heads or harps · heads or tails

Synonyms

obverse · reverse

Translations (27)

es cara (side of coin) · pt cara (side of coin) · sv krona (side of coin) · tr tura (side of coin) · th หัว (side of coin) · vi mặt ngửa (side of coin) · ta தலை (side of coin) · fi kruuna (side of coin) · cmn 面兒 /面儿 (side of coin) · nl kop (side of coin) · cmn 正面 (side of coin) · et kiri (side of coin) · ja 表 (side of coin) · fr face (side of coin) · yue 公 (side of coin) · ca cara (side of coin) · afb صورة (side of coin) · he עֵץ (side of coin) · apc طُرَّة (side of coin) · de Kopf (side of coin) · ru орёл (side of coin) · hu fej (side of coin) · it testa (side of coin) · nl kruis (side of coin) · pl orzeł (side of coin) · cmn 鏝 /镘 (side of coin) · cmn 鏝兒 /镘儿 (side of coin)

heads en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of head
    form of head

heads en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

Etymology

From head (from the notion that it gives a head high) + -s (possibly either genitive or plural).

Meanings

  1. (slang, uncountable) High-grade marijuana.

Coordinates

middies · mersh · schwag · regs · mids

Synonyms

headies · KB · KBs · kine bud