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headlings

headlings is the alternative form of headling.

Meaning of headling

Adverb

headling (not comparable)

  1. Headlong; precipitately.

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Origin of headlings

From Middle English hedlinges, hedlynges, equivalent to headling + -s. Cognate with Scots heidlingis (“headlong”).

Questions about headlings

What is headlings the alternative form of?
Headlings is the alternative form of headling.

Words near headlings in the dictionary

  1. headliners
  2. headlines
  3. headlinese
  4. headliney
  5. headling
  6. headlings
  7. headlinier
  8. headliniest
  9. headlining
  10. headliny
  11. headlit

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Adapted from Wiktionary: headlings (page history and authors); headling (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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