heads

[ hedz ]

/ hɛdz /

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adjective, adverb

(of a coin) with the top, or obverse, facing up: On the first toss, the coin came up heads.

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Origin of heads

First recorded in 1675–85; head + -s¹

Words nearby heads

head restraint, head rhyme, headrig, headright, headroom, heads, headsail, headsaw, headscarf, head sea, headset

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How to use heads in a sentence

Employees strap a device to their heads and power a helicopter drone with their minds.
Use Your Brain—Control a Drone|The Daily Beast Video|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Other footage shows him fleeing, keeping to a quick walk, jogging briefly, then walking again as he heads for a subway station.
Exclusive: Inside a Cop-Killer’s Final Hours|Michael Daly|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Both the Ramos sons squeezed their eyes and lowered their heads, doing their best not to cry.
Choking Back Tears, Thousands of Cops Honor Fallen Officer Ramos|Michael Daly|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They keep their heads low while running behind a large curtain covering the opening between two housing blocks.
The Brothers Who Ambushed ISIS|Mohammed A. Salih|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Cinema Services gave him the heads-up that Sony was going forward with the December 25 release.
The Inside Story of How Sony’s ‘The Interview’ Finally Made It to Theaters|Marlow Stern|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Alessandro walked at the horses' heads, his face sunk on his breast, his eyes fixed on the ground.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
There are five general heads under which the characteristics to be sought may be grouped.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
Their heads might have been turned upside-down, so absolutely did they tread upon blue ether.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
All night long they expected to hear the roar of the pursuing guns, to find the sabers of the Dragoons flashing over their heads.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
It was a cloudy, stormy evening: high wind was blowing, and the branches of the trees groaned and creaked above our heads.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various

British Dictionary definitions for heads

heads

/ (hɛdz) /

interjection, adverb

with the obverse side of a coin uppermost, esp if it has a head on it: used as a call before tossing a coinCompare tails

the heads Australian informal people in authority

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