Definitions for headfirst

headfirst head·first

Spelling: [hed-furst]
IPA: /ˈhɛdˈfɜrst/

Headfirst is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 734 anagrams from letters in headfirst (adefhirst).

Definitions for headfirst

adverb

  1. with the head in front or bent forward; headforemost:
  2. rashly; precipitately.

Origin of headfirst

First recorded in 1820-30; head + first

Examples for headfirst

Rick waited until the vinta was on the downward slope of the backwash from the shore, then went in headfirst.

This unexpected monster was on our starboard bow, and the order to avoid the shoal was putting us headfirst into it.

You know, headfirst into the water, from a great height, the problem is to enter the water at the perfect angle.

And I ran straight at him at full speed and then threw myself into a headfirst slide.

Serpents strive to turn their prey and swallow it headfirst.

Would O'Shea make him drunk, and then cast him headfirst into the swallowing sand?

The men amidship climbed over the side and went in headfirst.

And reaching the edge of the swamp, he threw him out into the muddy water, headfirst.

Tom leaned over one of the hogsheads and suddenly let himself go into it headfirst.

Word Value for headfirst
Scrable

16

Words with friends

15

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