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See also: heads up, and head

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɛdz/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛdz

Etymology 1

Plural of head.

Interjection

heads!

  1. A shouted warning that something is falling from above, mind your heads; heads-up.
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Noun

heads

  1. plural of head.

Noun

heads

  1. (nautical) That 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:–
    1. (usually) the side that bears the picture of the head of state or other national symbol.
      Synonym: obverse
      Antonym: tails
    2. (Ireland, sometimes) the side that does not bear an image of the Irish harp
      Synonym: reverse
      Antonym: harps
    Heads, I win.
  3. Clipping of headphones.
    Pass me the heads, I wanna listen.
  4. (Ireland, law) The draft scheme of a bill before it is formally introduced to a parliament.
    • 2000s "How Irish statutes were made" Queens University Belfast:
      Until the session of 1782 bills could only (under Poynings’ Law) begin in the Irish privy council. However, informal legislative initiatives, known as ‘heads of bills’, began regularly in the houses of parliament.
    • 2012 Department of Justice and Equality "Government Publishes Proposed Amendments to Anti Money-Laundering Law" Dublin, 6 June 2012:
      The Heads of the Bill are being published to enable consultation with relevant sectors on the proposed changes prior to the detailed drafting of the Bill.
  5. Tiles laid at the eaves of a house.
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Etymology 2

Verb

heads

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of head

Etymology 3

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

Noun

heads (uncountable)

  1. (slang) High-grade marijuana.
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