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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of head.
  • interjection A shouted warning that something is falling from above, mind your heads.
  • noun Plural form of head.
  • noun nautical 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.
  • noun The side of a coin that bears the picture of the head of state or similar
  • noun abbreviation for headphones.
  • noun Ireland, law Draft scheme of a bill before it is formally introduced to a parliament
  • noun slang High-grade marijuana.

Etymologies

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Plural of head.

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

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  • "To Be Sold..." (1783 advertisement)

    (note: not really)

    October 7, 2008