headless

Word family (noun) head heading overhead header headship (adjective) overhead heady headless headed (verb) head behead (adverb) overhead

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishheadlesshead‧less /ˈhedləs/ adjective 1 HBMwithout a head a headless corpse2 → run around like a headless chickenExamples from the Corpusheadless• Reminds me of that headless bride back behind Sweet Home.• Strandli was a headless chicken but went close once.• The arcade section is hideous, featuring computer-controlled players running around like headless chickens and never attempting a tackle.• The Quay at Devizes is quite a bustle, the headless chickens are definitely in on the act here.• Then he released the headless cockerel.• The lead broke off neatly, leaving a kind of headless cone, a wooden volcano.• Excavators found headless Goddess figurines, squatting in birth postures.• Below her a gigantic cat head also dozes, while a furtive, headless male figure hurries off to the left.

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