Meaning

7 senses
  1. The part of older sailing ships forward of the forecastle and around the beak, used by the crew as their lavatory; still used as the word for toilets on a ship.

  2. One side of a coin

    Heads, I win.

    Kopf

    орёлorjól

  3. One side of a coin:

    (usually)The side that bears the picture of the head of state or other national symbol.

  4. (Ireland, sometimes)The side that does not bear an image of the Irish harp.

  5. (Ireland)The draft scheme of a bill before it is formally introduced to a parliament.

  6. Tiles laid at the eaves of a house.

  7. (slang, uncountable)High-grade marijuana.

Examples

319 sentences
  1. Thanks for the heads-up.

    Дякую за попередження.

    ruСпасибо, что предупредил.

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  2. Thanks for the heads up.

    Дякую за попередження.

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  3. Two heads are better than one.

    ruДве головы лучше одной.

    deDer Verstand von zwei Personen übertrifft den von einer.

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  4. Thank you for the heads up.

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  5. We were in way over our heads.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
side of coin:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
side of coin:

Origin

Plural of head. From head (from the notion that it gives a head high) + -s (possibly eith

Plural of head.

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

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Forms

plural: headses
Singularheads
Pluralheadses

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Collocations

4 patterns
  • heads heads
  • our heads heads
  • their heads heads
  • heads heads are

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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