headfirst

See also: head-first, and head first

English

Etymology

From head +‎ first.

Adverb

headfirst (not comparable)

1. With the head in front; headlong.
2. Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation; hastily.
   • 2016, Kerry Greenwood, Murder and Mendelssohn, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 245:

     Sheffield was not going to stop being Sheffield just because he had dived headfirst into the lusts of the flesh.

Synonyms

• (with the head in front): headforemost, headlong

Translations

headlong — see headlong

Adjective

headfirst (not comparable)

1. With the head in front; headlong.