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like a whitehead

like a whitehead is the alternative form of like whiteheads.

Meaning of like whiteheads

Adverb

like whiteheads (comparative more like whiteheads, superlative most like whiteheads)

  1. (colloquial) With all of one's energy; vigorously.
    • So many things of interest have happened since you people heard from us we hardly know where to “begin to commence at," but really, we're here and working like whiteheads.1920, Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company, The Monitor, page 34

Forms of like a whitehead

comparativemore like a whitehead
superlativemost like a whitehead

Questions about like a whitehead

What is like a whitehead the alternative form of?
Like a whitehead is the alternative form of like whiteheads.

Words near like a whitehead in the dictionary

  1. like a spare prick at a wedding
  2. like a stuck pig
  3. like a ton of bricks
  4. like a train
  5. like a wet weekend
  6. like a whitehead
  7. like a wolf on the fold
  8. like all possessed
  9. like an explosion in a paint factory
  10. like anything
  11. like as

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