- headlong flight
- hurried escape, act of running away in a hurry
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
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Headlong Flight — «Headlong Flight» Сингл Rush Выпущен 19 апреля, 2012 Записан 2012 Жанр Прогрессив рок Хард рок Хеви метал Длительность 7 … Википедия
flight — noun 1 trip by air; plane making a flight ADJECTIVE ▪ round trip (AmE) ▪ The first prize is a round trip flight to Rio. ▪ inbound, return ▪ The return flight was held up by six hours … Collocations dictionary
flight — I n. flying 1) to take a flight 2) to overbook a flight 3) a chartered; coast to coast; connecting; cross country; direct; domestic; international; maiden; manned; nonstop; reconnaissance; round the world; scheduled; shakedown; solo; space;… … Combinatory dictionary
headlong — [[t]he̱dlɒŋ, AM lɔːŋ[/t]] 1) ADV: ADV after v If you move headlong in a particular direction, you move there very quickly. He ran headlong for the open door. ADJ: ADJ n Headlong is also an adjective. The army was in headlong flight. 2) ADV: ADV… … English dictionary
headlong — headlongness, n. /hed lawng , long /, adv. 1. with the head foremost; headfirst: to plunge headlong into the water. 2. without delay; hastily: to plunge headlong into work. 3. without deliberation; rashly: to rush headlong into battle. adj. 4.… … Universalium
flight — noun 1) the history of flight Syn: aviation, flying, air transport, aerial navigation, aeronautics 2) a flight to Rome Syn: airplane/plane trip, air trip, trip/journey by air 3) the flight of a baseball … Thesaurus of popular words
headlong — head•long [[t]ˈhɛdˌlɔŋ, ˌlɒŋ[/t]] adv. 1) with the head foremost; headfirst: to plunge headlong into the water[/ex] 2) without delay; hastily 3) without deliberation; rashly 4) undertaken quickly and suddenly; made precipitately; hasty: a… … From formal English to slang
flight — noun 1) the history of flight Syn: aviation, flying, air transport, aeronautics 2) a flight to Rome Syn: plane trip/journey, air trip/journey, service 3) the flight of the ball … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
Headlong (Ings novel) — Infobox Book | name = Headlong title orig = translator = image caption = author = Simon Ings cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = genre = Science fiction novel publisher = HarperCollins Voyager release date = 1999… … Wikipedia
headlong — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} adj. Headlong is used with these nouns: ↑dive, ↑flight, ↑plunge, ↑retreat, ↑rush {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} adv. Headlong is used with these verbs: ↑charge, ↑dive, ↑fall, ↑pitch, ↑ … Collocations dictionary
