"heads-up" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: en-au-heads-up.ogg [Australia] Forms: more heads-up [comparative], most heads-up [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} heads-up (comparative more heads-up, superlative most heads-up)
  1. With head directly above the neck, eyes front. Translations (with head directly above the neck, eyes front): aufrecht (German), Kopf im Nacken und Augen geradeaus (German)
    Sense id: en-heads-up-en-adj-CtDVCco9 Disambiguation of 'with head directly above the neck, eyes front': 98 2
  2. Alert; vigilant Translations (alert; vigilant): wachsam (German), hellwach (German), aufmerksam (German), alert (German), aufgeweckt (German), flink (German), vorausschauend (German)
    Sense id: en-heads-up-en-adj-cU-Sb3uQ Disambiguation of 'alert; vigilant': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: heads-up display

Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-heads-up.ogg [Australia] Forms: heads-up [plural], heads-ups [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|heads-up|s|head=heads-up}} heads-up (plural heads-up or heads-ups)
  1. (chiefly US, idiomatic) A warning or call to pay attention; an advisory notice; a notice of what is to happen; a holler. Tags: US, idiomatic Synonyms: heads up Related terms: alarm, alert, wake-up call, warning, notice, notification Translations (warning or call to pay attention; (advisory) notice of what is to happen): advarsel [common-gender] (Danish), forvarsel [neuter] (Danish), forhåndsadvarsel [common-gender] (Danish), varoitus (Finnish), rappel [masculine] (French), alerte [feminine] (French), avertissement [masculine] (French), Aufgepasst! (German), Achtung! (German), Vorwarnung [feminine] (German), Bescheid [masculine] (German), Hinweis [masculine] (German), forvarsel [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), предупреждение (predupreždenije) [neuter] (Russian), aldabonazo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-heads-up-en-noun-UMaYxSle Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 10 54 30 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 9 56 32 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 6 8 56 30 Disambiguation of 'warning or call to pay attention; (advisory) notice of what is to happen': 92 8
  2. (poker) Involving two players. (usually said when there are only two players in the table; or, when all players except two folded) Categories (topical): Poker
    Sense id: en-heads-up-en-noun-FoO7qbof Topics: card-games, poker

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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/En-au-heads-up.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "heads up"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "with head directly above the neck, eyes front",
      "word": "aufrecht"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "with head directly above the neck, eyes front",
      "word": "Kopf im Nacken und Augen geradeaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "alert; vigilant",
      "word": "wachsam"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "alert; vigilant",
      "word": "hellwach"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "alert; vigilant",
      "word": "aufmerksam"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "alert; vigilant",
      "word": "alert"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "alert; vigilant",
      "word": "aufgeweckt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "alert; vigilant",
      "word": "flink"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "alert; vigilant",
      "word": "vorausschauend"
    }
  ],
  "word": "heads-up"
}

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