- adverb
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- with the head foremost; headfirst: to plunge headlong into the water [Webster]
- with the head first [Barron]
- adjective
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- undertaken quickly and suddenly; made precipitately; hasty: a headlong flight [Webster]
- impetuous; rash [Taisha]
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