heads
English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editPlural of head.
Interjection
editheads!
Synonyms
editNoun
editheads
Noun
editheads
- (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.
- The side of a coin that bears the picture of the head of state or similar.
- Clipping of headphones.
- Pass me the heads, I wanna listen.
- (Ireland, law) The draft scheme of a bill before it is formally introduced to a parliament.
- 2000s "How Irish statutes were made" Queens University Belfast:
- Until the session of 1782 bills could only (under Poynings’ Law) begin in the Irish privy council. However, informal legislative initiatives, known as ‘heads of bills’, began regularly in the houses of parliament.
- 2012 Department of Justice and Equality "Government Publishes Proposed Amendments to Anti Money-Laundering Law" Dublin, 6 June 2012:
- The Heads of the Bill are being published to enable consultation with relevant sectors on the proposed changes prior to the detailed drafting of the Bill.
- 2000s "How Irish statutes were made" Queens University Belfast:
- Tiles laid at the eaves of a house.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editlavatory in a ship
side of coin
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Etymology 2
editVerb
editheads
- third-person singular simple present indicative of head
Etymology 3
edithead (from the notion that it gives a head high) + -s (possibly either genitive or plural).
Noun
editheads (uncountable)
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- Rhymes:English/ɛdz
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- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kap-
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kap- (head)
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