headforemost

American  

[hed-fawr-mohst, -muhst, -fohr-] / ˈhɛdˈfɔrˌmoʊst, -məst, -ˈfoʊr- /

adverb

1. headfirst.

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Etymology

Origin of headforemost

First recorded in 1615–25; head + foremost

Example Sentences

All might have been well with me at this hotel, but, unfortunately, in descending the closed-in stairway, I stepped on a sleeping cat and plunged headforemost to the bottom....

From Seeds of Pine by Canuck, Janey

An Irishman, when not stranded on the Scylla of indolence, is certain to flounder headforemost on the Charybdis of enthusiasm; and, of the two dangers, the latter is generally the worst.'

From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis

I forget even Miss ——, and dive headforemost into the billows.

From Women's Bathing and Swimming Costume in the United States by Kidwell, Claudia B.

The branch snapped with a report that rang through the silence of the night like an explosion and the boy pitched headforemost into the snow.

From Connie Morgan in the Fur Country by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)

Taking the lift of that wonderful inertron belt into her calculation, she dove headforemost, like a green projectile, through the door.

From Armageddon—2419 A.D. by Nowlan, Philip Francis