"heads-up" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: en-au-heads-up.ogg 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)
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  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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 35 19 32 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 40 20 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 35 19 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 38 17 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 13 48 22 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 15 45 23 18 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 17 44 21 19 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 17 44 19 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 14 45 24 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 17 45 19 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 17 45 19 20 Disambiguation of 'alert; vigilant': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: heads-up display

Noun

Audio: en-au-heads-up.ogg 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, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 35 19 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 35 19 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 38 17 31 Disambiguation of 'warning or call to pay attention; (advisory) notice of what is to happen': 99 1
  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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 35 19 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 35 19 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 38 17 31 Topics: card-games, poker

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "warning or call to pay attention; (advisory) notice of what is to happen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "avertissement"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "warning or call to pay attention; (advisory) notice of what is to happen",
      "word": "Aufgepasst!"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "warning or call to pay attention; (advisory) notice of what is to happen",
      "word": "Achtung!"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "warning or call to pay attention; (advisory) notice of what is to happen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vorwarnung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "warning or call to pay attention; (advisory) notice of what is to happen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Bescheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "warning or call to pay attention; (advisory) notice of what is to happen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Hinweis"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "warning or call to pay attention; (advisory) notice of what is to happen",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "forvarsel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predupreždenije",
      "sense": "warning or call to pay attention; (advisory) notice of what is to happen",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "предупреждение"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "warning or call to pay attention; (advisory) notice of what is to happen",
      "word": "aldabonazo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "heads-up"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "heads-up display"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "more heads-up",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "most heads-up",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
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  "pos": "adj",
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          "text": "A heads-up posture meant the pilot couldn't pay attention to his instruments.",
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        }
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        "With head directly above the neck, eyes front."
      ]
    },
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        {
          "text": "Getting those marbles off the red carpet was a real heads-up move.",
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        }
      ],
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        "Alert; vigilant"
      ],
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        [
          "Alert",
          "alert"
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      "audio": "en-au-heads-up.ogg",
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    {
      "word": "heads up"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "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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