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headless

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Headless \Head"less\, a. [AS. he['a]fodle['a]s.] Having no head; beheaded; as, a headless body, neck, or carcass. Destitute of a chief or leader. --Sir W. Raleigh. Destitute of understanding or prudence; foolish; rash; obstinate; mindless. [Obs.] ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Being headless is acrania, the failure of an individual animal to develop a head, despite belonging to a species that normally does so. Headless may also refer to: Headless (2000) a British television series starring Patrick Robinson and Ginny Holder Headless ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late Old English, heafedleas ; see head (n.) + -less . Late 14c. as "rulerless, lacking a leader." Related: Headlessly ; headlessness .

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES running around like headless chickens (= trying to do a lot of things, in an anxious or disorganized way ) ▪ We were all running around like headless chickens . COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN body ▪ Weeks later, ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. not having a head or formed without a head ; "the headless horseman"; "brads are headless nails" [ant: headed ] not using intelligence [syn: brainless ]

Usage examples of headless.

The frenzied animal continued its attack, sequentially shredding and avulsing all four extremities of the almost headless torso.

The falukah was tossed this way and that, as if caught in a simoon, and he was rolled hither and yon in the company of Chud, Abdullah, and the headless mullet.

Peering through the narrow slit between two hangings, he saw the headless yellow body with a scarlet cincture, which identified it as that of Yin Yin.

There were some of the people from the summer pictures, but there were also dromes and the headless horseman and the Bumble-Bee women.

My long-sword circled whirring through the air, and a great ape sprawled, headless, at the feet of the fainting girls.

In the situation we were in, which was one of total, complete and utter heat and boredom and wondering what manner of crawling scabby insect you were going to dine on next, the fact of four hundred headless Filipinos was a topic for pleasant clubhouse gossip, something to discuss briefly in mild awe and almost admiration for the ginks for at least having a sense of spectacle and to be grateful for in a way because it took our minds off our own problems.

In the main square of Larghetto a bus lay on its side, and headless statues stood over the empty fountains.

That night all but one of the nine men had their throats cut in their sleep and ended up the next day headless and laid out like pigs on mumu fires with yams and tubers.

The Penanggalan actually separates from its whole, female form into a motionless, headless, gutless body and flying head.

Despite the grisly horrors, including headless corpses and clanking chains and haunted crypts, with which she spiced her macabre tales, Pippin was of a sensible turn of mind, a fact that she secretly mourned.

The headless thing draped across the casket did not move, save to shrivel slightly, sagging down with a faint sound that might have been a moan of disappointment .

This is about some dame scewing doggie-style while drinking the blood of a headless man.

Lance Corporal Schultz only hesitated an instant when he saw the headless centaurs spearing the Skinks.

And hollow Ruin yawned behind: great sages bound in madness, And headless patriots, and pale youths who perished, unupbraiding, Gleamed in the night.

Curtis Weill parked the toothpick in the corner of his mouth and held up two slender headless nails, identical in size and length except one was brighter.