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American Heritage Dictionary (2 definitions)
- With the head leading; headlong: went headfirst down the stairs.
- Impetuously; brashly.
–adverb
Wiktionary (2 definitions)
- With the head in front; headlong
- With the head in front; headlong
–adverb
–adjective
GNU Webster's 1913 (1 definition)
- With the head foremost; -- of motion.
–adverb
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- It was too comical to see her put on my bonnet and cock her head first on one side, then on the other, and look in the mirror, just as if she could see.—The Story of My Life
- They had me as if on show, and it was only by the most wonderful perseverance and good luck that I found myself going head first along the corridor leading to the hall itself.—The Reminiscences Of Sir Henry Hawkins
- I was close to the tail of a large elephant, who was picking his way carefully over the treacherous surface, and I was waiting for an opportunity for a shot should he turn his head, when I suddenly pitched head first into one of these rocky holes.—The Rifle and The Hound in Ceylon
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