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Head over heels

//ˌhɛd oʊ.vɚ ˈhilz// adj, adv

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Hopelessly smitten; madly in love. not-comparable

    "Something happens and I'm head over heels / Ah, don't take my heart, don't break my heart / Don't, don't, don't throw it away"

Adverb
  1. 1
    Tumbling upside down; somersaulting. not-comparable

    "She tripped and rolled head over heels down the hill."

  2. 2
    At top speed; frantically. not-comparable

    "Hearing the noise in the dark, the children ran head over heels back home."

  3. 3
    Hopelessly; madly; to distraction; deeply; utterly. not-comparable, usually

    "I am head over heels in trouble."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in disorderly haste wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Attested from the 14ᵗʰ century onwards, originally as heels over head, which better rendered the notion of things being upside down (head over heels is the standard state of being).

Etymology 2

Attested from the 14ᵗʰ century onwards, originally as heels over head, which better rendered the notion of things being upside down (head over heels is the standard state of being).

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