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heads-up en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˌhɛdzˈʌp/

Meanings

  1. With head directly above the neck, eyes front.
    • A heads-up posture meant the pilot couldn't pay attention to his instruments.
  2. Alert; vigilant
    • Getting those marbles off the red carpet was a real heads-up move.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most heads-up Degree=Sup lexicographic
more heads-up Degree=Cmp lexicographic
headsup alternative lexicographic
heads up alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

heads-up digitizing · heads-up display

Translations (12)

de wachsam (alert; vigilant) · pl uważny (alert; vigilant) · pl czujny (alert; vigilant) · de aufgeweckt (alert; vigilant) · de Kopf im Nacken und Augen geradeaus (with head directly above the neck, eyes front) · de hellwach (alert; vigilant) · de alert (alert; vigilant) · de aufmerksam (alert; vigilant) · pl z wyprostowaną głową (with head directly above the neck, eyes front) · de vorausschauend (alert; vigilant) · de aufrecht (with head directly above the neck, eyes front) · de flink (alert; vigilant)

heads-up en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˌhɛdzˈʌp/

Meanings

  1. (US, idiomatic) A warning or call to pay attention; an advisory notice; a notice of what is to happen; a holler.
    • Send everyone a heads-up about the inspection tomorrow.
  2. Involving two players. (usually said when there are only two players in the table; or, when all players except two folded)
    • There were only two of us, so we started playing heads-up.
    • There are seven players on the table. Five folded, the remaining two played heads-up until the showdown.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
headsup alternative lexicographic
heads up alternative lexicographic
heads-up Number=Plur lexicographic
heads-ups Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

warning · wake-up call · alarm · notification · notice · alert

Translations (21)

pl uwaga (warning or call to pay attention; (advisory) notice of what is to happen) · da advarsel (warning or call to pay attention; (advisory) notice of what is to happen) · de Aufgepasst! (warning or call to pay attention; (advisory) notice of what is to happen) · fr alerte (warning or call to pay attention; (advisory) notice of what is to happen) · fr avertissement (warning or call to pay attention; (advisory) notice of what is to happen) · da forhåndsadvarsel (warning or call to pay attention; (advisory) notice of what is to happen) · es animadvertencia (desus.) (warning or call to pay attention; (advisory) notice of what is to happen) · nb forvarsel (warning or call to pay attention; (advisory) notice of what is to happen) · es aldabonazo (warning or call to pay attention; (advisory) notice of what is to happen) · da forvarsel (warning or call to pay attention; (advisory) notice of what is to happen) · es aldabada (warning or call to pay attention; (advisory) notice of what is to happen) · gl aviso (warning or call to pay attention; (advisory) notice of what is to happen) · de Hinweis (warning or call to pay attention; (advisory) notice of what is to happen) · pl ostrzeżenie (warning or call to pay attention; (advisory) notice of what is to happen) · de Vorwarnung (warning or call to pay attention; (advisory) notice of what is to happen) · ru предупреждение (warning or call to pay attention; (advisory) notice of what is to happen) · fr rappel (warning or call to pay attention; (advisory) notice of what is to happen) · hu figyelmeztetés (warning or call to pay attention; (advisory) notice of what is to happen) · fi varoitus (warning or call to pay attention; (advisory) notice of what is to happen) · de Bescheid (warning or call to pay attention; (advisory) notice of what is to happen) · de Achtung! (warning or call to pay attention; (advisory) notice of what is to happen)