HEADFIRST

headfirst, headlong

(adjective) with the head foremost; “a headfirst plunge down the stairs”; “a headlong dive into the pool”

headlong, headfirst

(adverb) with the head foremost; “the runner slid headlong into third base”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

headfirst (not comparable)

With the head in front; headlong.

Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation; hastily.

Synonyms

• (with the head in front): headforemost, headlong

Adjective

headfirst (not comparable)

With the head in front; headlong.

Source: Wiktionary


Head`first", Head`fore"most`, adv.

Definition: With the head foremost.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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19 April 2025

CATCH

(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”


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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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