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headake

headake is the obsolete spelling of headache.

Meaning of headache

Noun

headache (plural headaches)

  1. A pain or ache in the head.
    • I have a splitting headache after that party last night.
    Synonyms:
    cephalalgia
  2. (figuratively) A nuisance or unpleasant problem.
    • The clumsy filing system has been a huge headache.

Forms of headake

pluralheadakes

Origin of headake

From head + ake.

Questions about headake

What is headake the obsolete spelling of?
Headake is the obsolete spelling of headache.

Words near headake in the dictionary

  1. headaching
  2. headachingly
  3. headachy
  4. headage
  5. headages
  6. headake
  7. headakes
  8. headass
  9. headasses
  10. headband
  11. headbanded

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Adapted from Wiktionary: headake (page history and authors); headache (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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