Lexic.us

Definition of Head-on

1. Adjective. Characterized by direct opposition. "A head-on confrontation"

2. Adverb. In direct opposition; directly. "We must meet the problem head-on"

3. Adjective. Meeting front to front. "A head-on collision"

4. Adverb. With the front foremost. "The cars collided head-on"

Definition of Head-on

1. Adjective. (idiomatic) Direct, abrupt, blunt or unequivocal; not prevaricating. ¹

2. Adjective. Of a collision, from the front or in the direction of motion. ¹

3. Noun. A collision from the front. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Head-on

head-case head-cases head-down tilt head-dropping test head-emptier head-first head-hunter head-hunters head-in-the-clouds head-in-the-sand

head-kerchief head-like head-of-household head-of-state head-on (current term) head-on collision head-on collisions head-ons head-scratcher head-shrinker

head-shrinkers head-spinningly head-the-ball head-tilt head-to-head head-turner head-turners head-up display head-up displays

Literary usage of Head-on

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (1916)
"Mr Casey, freeing his arms from his holders, suddenly bowed his head on his hands with a sob of pain. — Poor Parnell! he cried loudly. My dead king! ..."

2. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1895)
"M. Head on left side, later on left arm. M. Left foot on side, right foot on left, bent over his work, lips parsed. F. Right foot on left, tapping with ..."

3. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"... banks \ The sheltering rushes whistling o'er thy head, On seeing wounded Hare. Though cauld be the clay, where thou pillow'st thy head, On Death ..."

4. Publications by Oriental Translation Fund (1843)
"Bali, on this, presented his head ; on which Vishnu, who saw this, having placed his foot, sent Bali1 below the earth, where he has ever since continued to ..."

5. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1882)
"•James McShane, jr., shipped cattle from Boston to Liverpool as follows; January 27, 177 head, «i the Pembroke; February 18, 100 head,on the Glamorgan; ..."

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