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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Headlong \Head"long\, adjective
1. Rash; precipitate; as, headlong folly.
2. Steep; precipitous. [Poetic]
Like a tower upon a headlong rock. --Byron.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Headlong \Head"long'\ (-l[o^]ng'; 115), adverb [OE. hedling, hevedlynge; prob. confused with E. long, adjective & adverb]
1. With the head foremost; headforemost; head first; as, to fall headlong. --Acts i. 18.
2. Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation.
3. Hastily; without delay or respite.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
headlong
adjective
1: excessively quick; "made a hasty exit"; "a headlong rush to sell" [syn: {hasty}]
2: with the head foremost; "a headfirst plunge down the stairs"; "a headlong dive into the pool" [syn: {headfirst}]
adverb
1: with the head foremost; "the runner slid headlong into third base" [syn: {headfirst}]
2: at breakneck speed; "burst headlong through the gate" [syn: {precipitately}]
3: in a hasty and foolhardy manner; "he fell headlong in love with his cousin" [syn: {rashly}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
117 Moby Thesaurus words for "headlong": a corps perdu, abrupt, abruptly, accident-prone, agile, bluff, bold, breakneck, breathless, careless, carelessly, daredevil, daring, dashing, desperate, desperately, devil-may-care, double-quick, eagle-winged, electrifying, expeditious, express, fast, fleet, flying, foolhardy, furious, furiously, galloping, hair-trigger, happen what may, harum-scarum, hastily, hasty, head over heels, headfirst, headforemost, heedlessly, heels over head, helter-skelter, holus-bolus, hotheaded, hotheadedly, hurried, hurriedly, hurry-scurry, hustling, impatient, impetuous, impetuously, impulsive, impulsively, light of heel, light-footed, like crazy, like mad, lively, mad, madly, mercurial, nerve-shattering, nimble, nimble-footed, overeager, overeagerly, overenthusiastic, overenthusiastically, overhasty, overzealous, overzealously, panting, plunging, precipitant, precipitantly, precipitate, precipitately, precipitous, precipitously, prompt, quick, quick as lightning, quick as thought, quickly, ramble-scramble, rapid, rash, rashly, reckless, recklessly, running, rushing, sharp, sheer, shocking, slam-bang, slap-bang, slapdash, snappy, spanking, speedy, startling, steep, sudden, suddenly, surprising, swift, unanticipated, unexpected, unforeseen, unlooked-for, unpredicted, vertical, wanton, wantonly, wild, wildly, winged
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