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Heads

//hɛdz// intj, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Intj
  1. 1
    A shouted warning that something is falling from above, mind your heads; heads-up.
Noun
  1. 1
    plural of head. form-of, plural
  2. 2
    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.
  3. 3
    High-grade marijuana. slang, uncountable
  4. 4
    One side of a coin

    "Heads, I win."

  5. 5
    One side of a coin:; The side that bears the picture of the head of state or other national symbol. usually
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  1. 6
    One side of a coin:; The side that does not bear an image of the Irish harp. Ireland, sometimes
  2. 7
    Clipping of headphones. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping

    "Pass me the heads, I wanna listen."

  3. 8
    The draft scheme of a bill before it is formally introduced to a parliament. Ireland

    "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."

  4. 9
    Tiles laid at the eaves of a house.
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of head form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Etymology

Etymology 1

Plural of head.

Etymology 2

Plural of head.

Etymology 3

Plural of head.

Etymology 4

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

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