head first

== English == === Alternative forms === head-first === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /hɛd.fɜːst/ (US) IPA(key): /hɛd.fɝst/ === Adverb === head first (comparative more head first, superlative most head first) With the head first or foremost. Synonym: headlong Antonyms: feet first, footling, footling breech === References === The Oxford English Dictionary, Second edition, 1989; online version November 2010. Link. Earlier version first published in New English Dictionary, 1896.