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headlonged

headlonged is the simple past and past participle of headlong.

Meaning of headlong

Verb

headlong (third-person singular simple present headlongs, present participle headlonging, simple past and past participle headlonged)

  1. (transitive) To precipitate.
    • If a stranger be setting his pace and face toward some deep pit, or steep rock — such a precipice as the cliffs of Dover — how do we cry aloud to have him return ? yet in mean time forget the course of our own sinful ignorance, that headlongs us to confusion.1862, Thomas Adams, The works of Thomas Adams

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Questions about headlonged

What is headlonged the simple past and past participle of?
Headlonged is the simple past and past participle of headlong.

Words near headlonged in the dictionary

  1. headlock
  2. headlocked
  3. headlocking
  4. headlocks
  5. headlong
  6. headlonged
  7. headlonging
  8. headlongly
  9. headlongness
  10. headlongs
  11. headloss

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