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[ hedz ] / hɛdz /
adjective, adverb(of a coin) with the top, or obverse, facing up: On the first toss, the coin came up heads. Origin of headsFirst recorded in 1675–85; head + -s1 Words nearby headshead restraint, head rhyme, headrig, headright, headroom, heads, headsail, headsaw, headscarf, head sea, headset Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for headsEmployees strap a device to their heads and power a helicopter drone with their minds. Use Your Brain—Control a Drone|The Daily Beast Video|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST Other footage shows him fleeing, keeping to a quick walk, jogging briefly, then walking again as he heads for a subway station. Exclusive: Inside a Cop-Killer’s Final Hours|Michael Daly|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST Both the Ramos sons squeezed their eyes and lowered their heads, doing their best not to cry. Choking Back Tears, Thousands of Cops Honor Fallen Officer Ramos|Michael Daly|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST They keep their heads low while running behind a large curtain covering the opening between two housing blocks. The Brothers Who Ambushed ISIS|Mohammed A. Salih|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And so it was that the federal government did not shut down just when we all had visions of sugar plumbs dancing in our heads. Congress’ Gift That Keeps on Giving|P. J. O’Rourke|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST It will overwhelm me as utterly as if this arch should crumble down upon our heads! The Marble Faun, Volume I.|Nathaniel Hawthorne We have very nearly burnt the Church of England over our heads, in our hurry to make a bonfire of the Pope. Literary and General Lectures and Essays|Charles Kingsley They had not gone more than a dozen yards when a shot rang out from behind a tree, and a bullet whizzed past over their heads. Linda Carlton's Island Adventure|Edith Lavell The cloud of blessing floats over our heads, but we fail to stretch forth the electric rod of prayer to fetch it down! The Hart and the Water-Brooks;|John R. Macduff One shot fell short, and a shell exploded over the heads of our men stationed on the opposite hill, doing no damage. The History of the Fifty-ninth Regiment Illinois Volunteers|David Lathrop
British Dictionary definitions for heads
interjection, adverbwith the obverse side of a coin uppermost, esp if it has a head on it: used as a call before tossing a coinCompare tails the heads Australian informal people in authority Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to headsbrain, skull, superintendent, executive, chief, commander, director, manager, officer, mind, control, run, lead, direct, command, guide, prime, champion, principal, leading |