HEADLONG

[adverb], [adjective] [not gradable] - with great speed and/or without thinkingThe child ran headlong into a wall.Little did they realize that they were walking headlong into danger.The car skidded and plunged headlong over the cliff.Thousands of soldiers are in headlong retreat.In the headlong rush to buy houses, many people got into debt.Headlong is also [US and ANZ] for headfirst.