Definitions

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  • adjective Having the form of a head or a skull

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective having a protuberance that resembles a head

Etymologies

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head +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Then the monster had risen to its feet and had begun to walk leisurely to and fro across the common among the few fugitives, with its headlike hood turning about exactly like the head of a cowled human being.

    The War of The Worlds H. G. Wells 2009

  • Suddenly, a headlike shape pokes from under the fabric -- presumably one actor seated on another's shoulders.

    An Incomplete Metamorphosis 2007

  • Then the monster had risen to its feet and had begun to walk leisurely to and fro across the common among the few fugitives, with its headlike hood turning about exactly like the head of a cowled human being.

    The War of the Worlds Herbert George 2006

  • There was a steel axis to the whole affair, a central backbone which terminated in the engine and propeller, and the men and magazines were forward in a series of cabins under the expanded headlike forepart.

    The War in the Air Herbert George 2006

  • The smoke coalesced, formed a small, headlike shape.

    Shadows Linger Cook, Glen 1984

  • There was a steel axis to the whole affair, a central backbone which terminated in the engine and propeller, and the men and magazines were forward in a series of cabins under the expanded headlike forepart.

    The War in the Air 1906

  • Then the monster had risen to its feet and had begun to walk leisurely to and fro across the common among the few fugitives, with its headlike hood turning about exactly like the head of a cowled human being.

    The War of the Worlds 1906

  • Then the monster had risen to its feet, and had begun to walk leisurely to and fro across the common among the few fugitives, with its headlike hood turning about exactly like the head of a cowled human being.

    The War of the Worlds Herbert George 1898

  • Then the monster had risen to its feet and had begun to walk leisurely to and fro across the common among the few fugitives, with its headlike hood turning about exactly like the head of a cowled human being.

    Chapter Eleven: At the Window Herbert George 1898

  • And as he watched it squirm on the floor below him, as he felt the cold blood of satisfaction course through his twisted genitals, he briefly recalled that day's discussion about the freezing of the licence fee, and a baleful smile flickered around the approximate area of his headlike section upon which a pair of frighteningly convincing decoy humanoid lips usually sat during daylight hours, as part of his ingenious disguise.

    The Guardian World News Charlie Brooker 2011

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