heads

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of head. Use this form when you mean more than one head.

   She counted the heads in the room before locking up.

   The old statues had lost their heads long ago.

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2. 2
   verb

   The form of head used in the present with he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the dog or water.

   She heads the design team at a small studio.

   The path heads straight up the mountain.

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3. 3
   noununcountable

   One of the two sides of a coin.

   Call it in the air: heads or tails?

   The coin landed heads, so she chose first.

   Oppositetails

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4. 4
   noununcountable

   On a coin, the side that shows a leader's face or a national symbol.

   On the new coin, heads shows a portrait of the president.

   Collectors prize old pennies whose heads still show the monarch's profile clearly.

   Similarobverse

   Oppositetails

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5. 5
   interjection

   A loud warning shouted when something is falling from above.

   Like shouting "Watch out!" when something is about to drop on someone.

   Heads! That crate is about to fall off the shelf.

   The climber yelled, "Heads!" as the rock tumbled down.

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6. 6
   nounabbreviationclipping

   Clipping of headphones. A casual short form used in everyday speech.

   He pulled on his heads and turned up the volume.

   She left her heads at the gym yesterday.

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7. 7
   nounslanguncountable

   A strong, top-quality kind of marijuana.

   The dealer only carried heads, never the cheap stuff.

   They split a bag of heads after the concert.

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8. 8
   nouncountable

   The toilet on a ship.

   The sailor slipped below to use the heads before his watch began.

   Both heads on the lower deck were out of order after the storm.

   Similartoilet, latrine, lavatory

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9. 9
   nounIrelanduncountable

   On Irish coins, the side that does not show the harp.

   She called heads, betting against the harp side of the old Irish coin.

   On the pre-euro coinage, heads showed an animal instead of the harp.

   Similarreverse

   Oppositeharps

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10. 10
    nounIrelandcountable

    An early draft of a new law, written before lawmakers officially see it.

    The committee approved the heads before the bill moved forward.

    Drafting the heads of the new tax measure took months.

    Similaroutline

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11. 11
    nouncountable

    The row of tiles along the bottom edge of a roof.

    The roofer replaced the cracked heads along the eaves.

    Water seeped in where the heads had slipped out of line.

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