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  • noun A sudden feeling of euphoria, especially as a result of taking drugs
  • noun A sudden feeling of dizziness; orthostatic hypotension

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Examples

  • I am truly just overwhelmed – or maybe just got headrush from jumping up and down screaming oh my god oh my god!!!

    blog finds of the year « bindu wiles 2009

  • Vanessa, 15, remembers that "it gave me a headrush, and it impressed my friends".

    Smoke and minors 2011

  • I was in Fortnum and Mason yesterday, and saw a pot of honey so large it'd give Winnie the Pooh a headrush until Easter.

    Bidisha's thought for the day: Presents 2011

  • I am truly just overwhelmed – or maybe just got headrush from jumping up and down screaming oh my god oh my god!

    blog finds of the year | Bindu Wiles 2009

  • My stuff is so linear and straightforward by comparison, lacking both the stylistic pyrotechnics and the drop-the-reader-in-head-first headrush of the Bear.

    5/1/07: Home safe karindira 2007

  • It is only appropriate, then or perhaps a stroke of a certain sort of genius, that at the onset of this romantic headrush, M.

    Buzzine » M. Ward’s ‘Hold Time’ 2009

  • The bend down scene really captures a classic headrush.

    31 Screams: Candace Hilligoss Arbogast 2008

  • Rush is a good name because it can mean to either move qickly or it could be rush as in a headrush.

    MANTRA VOL 2 #6 Malibu Comics, 1996 David Campbell 2007

  • I was hoping that an endorphin rush would help the headache go away, but instead I got a headrush--several of them, in fact, and my headache felt a little worse.

    Archive 2006-07-01 Lisa B. 2006

  • You see, every time there's a big advance in web tools or software, all the designers and bloggers get a headrush.

    Making Something Meaningful - Anil Dash 2006

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