hd.

Noun

head (countable and uncountable, plural heads or head)

1. (countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
   • Be careful when you pet that dog on the head; it may bite.

   Synonyms:

   caput, pate, noggin, loaf, nut, noodle, bonce

   1. (people) Mental or emotional aptitude or skill.
      • The company is looking for people with good heads for business.
   2. (figuratively, metonymically, people) Mind; one's own thoughts.
      • This song keeps going through my head.
   3. (people) A headache; especially one resulting from intoxication.
      • He found whist, and gymkhanas, and things of that kind (meant to amuse one after office) good; but he took them seriously, too, just as seriously as he took the “head” that followed after drink.1888, Rudyard Kipling, “Thrown Away”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co.; London: W. Thacker & Co., →OCLC, page 15
   4. (people) A headdress; a covering for the head.
      • a laced head
   5. (figuratively, metonymically, people) An individual person.
      • Admission is three dollars a head.

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