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Meaning of headlong

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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