transcription, транскрипция: [ hedlɒŋ, AM -lɔ:ŋ ]
1.
If you move headlong in a particular direction, you move there very quickly.
He ran headlong for the open door.
ADV : ADV after v
2.
If you fall or move headlong , you fall or move with your head furthest forward.
She missed her footing and fell headlong down the stairs.
ADV : ADV after v
3.
If you rush headlong into something, you do it quickly without thinking carefully about it.
Do not leap headlong into decisions...
ADV : ADV after v
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Headlong is also an adjective.
...the headlong rush to independence.
ADJ : ADJ n