HEAD AND SHOULDERS

Definition: HEAD AND SHOULDERS

HEAD AND SHOULDERS

1. (a) By force; violently; as, to drag one, head and shoulders. ``They bring in every figure of speech, head and shoulders.'' --Felton. (b) By the height of the head and shoulders; hence, by a great degree or space; by far; much; as, he is head and shoulders above them.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Specialty Definition: HEAD AND SHOULDERS

Synonyms within Context: HEAD AND SHOULDERS

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Completeness	Adverb: completely; Adjective: altogether, outright, wholly, totally, in toto, quite; all out; over head and ears; effectually, for good and all, nicely, fully, through thick and thin, head and shoulders; neck and heel, neck and crop; in all respects, in every respect; at all points, out and out, to all intents and purposes; toto coelo; utterly; clean, clean as a whistle; to the full, to the utmost, to the backbone; hollow, stark; heart and soul, root and branch, down to the ground.
Ejection	Eject, reject; expel, discard; cut, send to coventry, boycott; chasser; banish; (punish); bounce ; fire, fire out; throw; throw out, throw up, throw off, throw away, throw aside; push; throw out, throw off, throw away, throw aside; shovel out, shovel away, sweep out, sweep away; brush off, brush away, whisk off, whisk away, turn off, turn away, send off, send away; discharge; send adrift, turn adrift, cast adrift; turn out, bundle out; throw overboard; give the sack to; send packing, send about one's business, send to the right about; strike off the roll; (abrogate); turn out neck and heels, turn out head and shoulders, turn out neck and crop; pack off; send away with a flea in the ear; send to Jericho; bow out, show the door to.
Haste	Hastily, precipitately; Adjective: helter-skelter, hurry-skurry, holus-bolus; slapdash, slap-bang; full-tilt, full drive; heels over head, head and shoulders, headlong, a corps perdu.
Irrelation	Bring in head and shoulders, drag in head and shoulders, lug in head and shoulders.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Photo Album: HEAD AND SHOULDERS

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	[Human head and shoulders, with brain partitioned and labeled]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.		Head and shoulders of girl with hands crossed. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Arthur Thomas (Tom) Stewart, head and shoulders portrait, facing right. Credit: Library of Congress.		Unidentified man, possibly William G. Mason, head and shoulders portrait, facing slightly left. Credit: Library of Congress.
	General R.A. Alger, head and shoulders portrait. Credit: Library of Congress.		Louise Jackson in plumed hat, head and shoulders portrait. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Neith Boyce Hapgood, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing shawl over head and shoulders. Credit: Library of Congress.		Orville Wright, age 34, head and shoulders, with mustache. Credit: Library of Congress.
	George Reeder, relative of the Wright Brothers, called Uncle George, head and shoulders. Credit: Library of Congress.		An Indian Prince - head and shoulders in ornate uniform. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Non-Fiction Usage: HEAD AND SHOULDERS

Expressions: HEAD AND SHOULDERS

Modern Translation: HEAD AND SHOULDERS

Language		Translations for "HEAD AND SHOULDERS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		degenereret hoved-og skuldermønster (failed head and shoulders). (various references)

Finnish		jotakuta päätään pitempi (head and shoulders above), epätäydellinen pää ja hartiat-muodostelma (failed head and shoulders). (various references)

French		tête et épaules incomplètes (failed head and shoulders), portrait en buste (head and shoulders portrait). (various references)

German		unvollständiger Kopf und Schultern (failed head and shoulders). (various references)

Greek		αποτυχών σχηματισμός "κεφάλι και ώμοι". (various references)

Hungarian		messze felülmúl vkit (to head and shoulders above sy). (various references)

Italian		testa e spalle incompleta (failed head and shoulders). (various references)

Pig Latin		eadhay anday ouldersshay

Portuguese		cabeça e ombros incompleta (failed head and shoulders). (various references)

Romanian		cãuta ceva cu lumânarea (drag smth. by the head and shoulders, drag smth. in the head and shoulders). (various references)

Spanish		cabeza y hombros incompleta (failed head and shoulders). (various references)

Swedish		ofullständig huvud och skuldraformation (failed head and shoulders). (various references)

Turkish		yaka paça (by head and shoulders), taş çıkaran (head and shoulders above), omuz seviyesinden (by head and shoulders), çok daha iyi (all the better, head and shoulders above, heaps better, streets ahead of). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: HEAD AND SHOULDERS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-d-d-d-e-e-h-h-l-n-o-r-s-s-u"
	-5 letters: dunderheads, roundheaded, unaddressed.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Domain	Definition
Literature	Head and Shoulders A phrase of sundry shades of meaning. Thus "head and shoulders taller" means considerably tall; to turn one out head and shoulders means to drive one out forcibly and without ceremony. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Human Rights	Georgia	They allegedly struck Romanov on the head and shoulders, burned him on the forehead and face with cigarettes, and beat him with a chair leg wrapped in tape. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

HEAD AND SHOULDERS

Definition: HEAD AND SHOULDERS