Synonyymisanakirja

headlong

  1. eteenpäin suunnattu, etu-, pää edellä, päistikkaa, pikainen, silmitön.

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Käännökset

englanti

päistikkaa

silmitön

päätä pahkaa With the head first or down.
With an unrestrained forward motion.

Figures out today show the economy plunging headlong into recession.

Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation, in haste, hastily
precipitous Precipitous.
Plunging downwards head foremost.
Rushing forward without restraint.
puhekieltä reckless Reckless, impetuous.
1869, RD Blackmoore, Lorna Doone, II:
“Time is up,” cried another boy, more headlong than head-monitor.
puhekieltä To precipitate.
1862, Thomas Adams, The works of Thomas Adams:
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.
1905, Liberty Hyde Bailey, The outlook to nature:
Carriages went up and down in endless pageant. Trolley-cars rushed by, clanging and grinding as they headlonged into the side streets.

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mahjong, pingpong

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Läheisiä sanoja

havusammal, havuseppele, havuttaa, he, heavy, heavyrock

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