Etymology

heads

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Today it means: A shouted warning that something is falling from above, mind your heads; heads-up. Full definition →

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heads · interjection, noun, noun1

Plural of head.

heads · verb2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

heads · noun3

From head (from the notion that it gives a head high) + -s (possibly either genitive or plural).

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