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like whiteheads

like whiteheads adverb: with all of one's energy; vigorously.

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
    • Edward Blamey and some of his friends had stuffed a toy cannon with powder and wadded newspapers, and they touched it off right in the middle of Judge J. T. Day's speech, and then they ran like whiteheads when they saw the constable coming . ran long and lightly and youthfully with their pockets...1976, MacKinlay Kantor, Andersonville, page 226

Forms of like whiteheads

comparativemore like whiteheads
superlativemost like whiteheads
alternative formlike a whitehead

Questions about like whiteheads

What does like whiteheads mean?
Like whiteheads means with all of one's energy; vigorously.
What part of speech is like whiteheads?
Like whiteheads is an adverb.

Words near like whiteheads in the dictionary

  1. like two peas in a pod
  2. like unto
  3. like water
  4. like water off a duck's back
  5. like white on rice
  6. like whiteheads
  7. like winkin
  8. like winking
  9. like you can talk
  10. like-cultured
  11. like-for-like

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