"heads up" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: en-au-heads up.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} heads up (not comparable)
  1. (poker) Containing only two players. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Poker Related terms: head up
    Sense id: en-heads_up-en-adj-~Osh2j6n Topics: card-games, poker

Interjection

Audio: en-au-heads up.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-interj}} heads up
  1. (idiomatic) Used as an informal warning, caution, or call for attention; pay attention! Tags: idiomatic Hypernyms: hey Hyponyms: en garde! [fencing, martial-arts, sports, military, war, government, politics, hobbies, lifestyle], fire in the hole!, fore! [golf, sports, hobbies, lifestyle], gardyloo! [Scotland, obsolete], man on! [soccer, ball-games, games, sports, hobbies, lifestyle, basketball, ball-games, games, sports, hobbies, lifestyle], timber! Related terms: pay attention, attention, caution Translations (warning): huomio! (Finnish), varoitus! (Finnish), attention (French), Achtung (German), opp med haken (Norwegian Bokmål), Atenção! (Portuguese), осторожно (ostorožno) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-heads_up-en-intj-rpmPCV1l Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 47 15 Synonyms: look out!, look sharp!, watch it!, watch out!, avast [⇒ thesaurus]! [nautical, transport], beware!, blackfriars! [UK], cave! [UK, slang], cheese it! [idiomatic, slang], heads up! [idiomatic], hey up!, hist!, look lively!, mind out!, namous! [UK], take care!, ware!

Noun

Audio: en-au-heads up.ogg [Australia] Forms: heads ups [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=heads up}} heads up (plural heads ups)
  1. Alternative spelling of heads-up Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: heads-up
    Sense id: en-heads_up-en-noun-~FbW9YDq

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for heads up meaning in English (5.5kB)

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