headforemost

English

Etymology

head +‎ foremost

Adverb

headforemost (not comparable)

headfirst
- 1894, Robert Michael Ballantyne, The Dog Crusoe and His Master‎:
  Exerting all his remaining strength he rushed down the bank, dropped his rifle, and plunged headforemost into the stream.
- 1900, Blackwood Ketcham Benson, Who Goes There?‎:
  He doubled up and went headforemost to the ground.
- 1912, B. M. Bower, Good Indian‎:
  Quick, or I'll land you headforemost in that pond, you infernal old hag!"

Synonyms

(headfirst): headfirst, headlong

Translations

headlong — see headlong

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