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单词 headless
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headless

(hedləs)
adjective
If the body of a person or animal is headless, the head has been cut off.

headless in British English

(ˈhɛdlɪs)
adjective
1. 
without a head
2. 
without a leader
3. 
foolish
4.  prosody another word for catalectic
Derived forms
headlessness (ˈheadlessness)
noun

headless in American English

(ˈhɛdlɪs)
adjective
1. 
without a head
; specif.,
a. 
organically without a head; acephalous
b. 
beheaded
2. 
without a leader or director
3. 
stupid; brainless
Word origin
ME hevedles < OE heafodleas

More idioms containing
headless

like a headless chicken

Examples of 'headless' in a sentence
headless

We all went out there like headless chickens.
Frankie Dettori with Jonathan Powell FRANKIE: The Autobiography of Frankie Dettori (2004)
This week we have seen a spectacular display of a government behaving like a headless chicken.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The place appears to be run by a headless chicken.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It will be about keeping discipline and not running around like headless chickens.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He was running round like a headless chicken.
The Sun (2007)
Everyone was running around like headless chickens.
The Sun (2016)
I couldn't have been more surprised if a headless horseman had galloped past the sofa.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
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