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Entry 5 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Headlong

/(-lŏng`; 115)/ · Head·long · IPA /ˈhɛd.lɔŋ/
01 adv. With the head foremost; headforemost; head first; as, to fall headlong.
  1. 1.
    With the head foremost; headforemost; head first; as, to fall headlong.
  2. 2.
    Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation.
  3. 3.
    Hastily; without delay or respite.
02 a. Rash; precipitate; as, headlong folly.
  1. 1.
    Rash; precipitate; as, headlong folly.
  2. 2.
    Steep; precipitous.[Poetic]
    “Like a tower upon a headlong rock.” — Byron.