headforemost
headforemost adverb: headfirst.
Adverb
headforemost (not comparable)
- headfirst
- ’Twere best at once to sink to peace,
Like birds the charming serpent draws,
To drop head-foremost in the jaws
Of vacant darkness and to cease.1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXXIV”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 53 - Exerting all his remaining strength he rushed down the bank, dropped his rifle, and plunged headforemost into the stream.1894, Robert Michael Ballantyne, The Dog Crusoe and His Master
- ’Twere best at once to sink to peace,
Examples of headforemost in a sentence
- He doubled up and went headforemost to the ground.1900, Blackwood Ketcham Benson, Who Goes There?:
- Quick, or I'll land you headforemost in that pond, you infernal old hag!"1912, B. M. Bower, Good Indian:
Synonyms of headforemost
Origin of headforemost
From head + foremost.
Questions about headforemost
- What does headforemost mean?
- Headforemost means headfirst.
- How do you use headforemost in a sentence?
- He doubled up and went headforemost to the ground.
- What part of speech is headforemost?
- Headforemost is an adverb.
Words near headforemost in the dictionary
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