ON THE HEAD

Definition: ON THE HEAD

ON THE HEAD

1. To stun or kill by a blow upon the head; hence, to put am end to; to defeat, as a scheme or project; to frustrate; to quash. [Colloq.] -- To knock off . (a) To force off by a blow or by beating. (b) To assign to a bidder at an auction, by a blow on the counter. (c) To leave off (work, etc.). [Colloq.] -- To knock out , to force out by a blow or by blows; as, to knock out the brains.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Discovery

Trace, get at; hit it, have it; lay one's finger, lay one's hands upon; spot; get at the truth, arrive at the truth; put the saddle on the right horse, hit the right nail on the head.

Endearment

Verb: caress, fondle, pet, dandle; pat, pat on the head, pat on the cheek; chuck under the chin, smile upon, coax, wheedle, cosset, coddle, cockle; make of, make much of; cherish, foster, kill with kindness.

Failure

Lost, undone, ruined, broken; bankrupt; (not paying); played out; done up, done for; dead beat, ruined root and branch, flambe, knocked on the head; destroyed.

Killing

Shoot dead; blow one's brains out; brain, knock on the head; stone, lapidate; give a deathblow; deal a deathblow; give a quietus, give a coupe de grace.

Malediction

Verb: curse, accurse, imprecate, damn, swear at; curse with bell book and candle; invoke curses on the head of, call down curses on the head of; devote to destruction.

Multitude

Thick coming, many more, more than one can tell, a world of; no end of, no end to; cum multis aliis; thick as hops, thick as hail; plenty as blackberries; numerous as the stars in the firmament, numerous as the sands on the seashore, numerous as the hairs on the head; and what not, and heaven knows what; endless; (infinite).

Skill

Look after the main chance; cut one's coat according to one's cloth; live by one's wits; exercise one's discretion, feather the oar, sail near the wind; stoop to conquer; (cunning); play one's cards well, play one's best card; hit the right nail on the head, put the saddle on the right horse.

Success

Answer, answer the purpose; avail, prevail, take effect, do, turn out well, work well, take, tell, bear fruit; hit it, hit the mark, hit the right nail on the head; nick it; turn up trumps, make a hit; find one's account in.

Crosswords: ON THE HEAD

Why don't I just keep tapping you lightly on the head with the poker until a lump comes up (Sleuth; writing credit: Anthony Shaffer)

I swear on the head of my wife I have no idea what you're talking about (The Mummy Returns; writing credit: Stephen Sommers)

What do you expect us to do, dance on the head of a pin or something (All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series; writing credit: Andy Borowitz; Susan Borowitz)

And David put his hand in the bag and took out a stone and slung it. And it struck the Philistine on the head and he fell to the ground (Hoosiers; writing credit: Angelo Pizzo)

I would like to say, for the record, that I am in favor of using more American Indians and other minorities in motion pictures, I am against polluting the oceans of the world, I am for every nationality having its own homeland, I am against whacking baby seals on the head, and I am for saving the whales (The 51st Annual Academy Awards; writing credit: Buz Kohan)

Gonna knock you right on the head (Instant Karma; performing artist: John Lennon)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

A row of teeth arises from a large sclerotized plate borne laterally on the eighth abdominal segment. Uranotaenia have characteristically shaped heads, longer than wide. All but one Western species have four stout spines on the head. Credit: CDC.

A hazard of a diving marine biologist. Hammers on the head tend to discourage attack. Carcharinis Limbatus - grey shark on a murky day at the reef. Credit: The Coral Kingdom.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

And then let our author, or any body else, join a knock on the head, or a cut on the face, with as much reverence and respect as he thinks fit. (Second Treatise of Government)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Bruno jumped up, and patted me on the head.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Sores on the head caused by scratching. (references)

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurs when a sudden physical assault on the head causes damage to the brain. (references)

The second stage gradually develops with rough, warty skin growths which appear on the arms or legs and, sometimes, on the head or trunk. (references)

Business

Among them was 16-year-old Alfredo Ramirez Santiago, who was hanged by the neck from a tree and beaten on the head and body. (references)

Children

Pakistan

Parents reportedly have given children as offerings to Baba Shah Dola, a shrine in Punjab where the children reportedly are deformed intentionally by clamping a metal form on the head that induces microcephalitis. (references)

Civil Liberties

Tunisia

The police instructed her to leave; however, when she turned the car around 10 police officers surrounded the car, shouted at her, kicked the car, and beat her on the head, neck, and chest. (references)

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)

Minorities

Bulgaria

On September 20, a group of youths hit a Romani boy on the head with a rock on the grounds of his school. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "ON THE HEAD": call down curses on the head of ♦ crack on the head ♦ crack smb. on the head ♦ he got knock on the head ♦ hit the nail on the head ♦ hit the right nail on the head ♦ humming knock on the head ♦ knock on the head ♦ knocked on the head ♦ To hit the nail on the head ♦ to knock on the head ♦ To lie on the head of ♦ wearing on the head. Additional references.

Arabic 

‏أصابه من ساسه لرأسه (hit the nail on the head). (various references)

Bulgarian 

улучвам (connect, get, grass, hit, hit the right nail on the head), постъпвам правилно (hit the right nail on the head). (various references)

Finnish

osua oikeaan (hit the nail on the head, strike home), osua naulan kantaan (hit it, hit the nail on the head), kivi sattui häntä päähän (the stone struck him on the head). (various references)

French

mettre le doigt dessus (hit the nail on the head), il a reçu un coup sur la tête (he got knock on the head), grand coup sur la tête (crack on the head), donner un coup sur la tête (crack smb. on the head). (various references)

Hebrew 

לקלוע למטר�" (hit home, hit the nail on the head, hit the target, strike home), חביש�" (bandage, dressing, imprisonment, saddling, wearing on the head). (various references)

Hungarian

kupán vágják (to get a blow on the head), kupán vág (to bonk sy on the head), kupán csap (to bonk sy on the head), fejbe csap (to bonk sy on the head), fejbe ütik (to get a blow on the head), agyonüt (brain, slay, swat, to brain, to kill, to knock on the head, to swat), ütés éri a fején (to get a blow on the head). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

図星�'指す (to guess exactly right, to hit the nail on the head). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ずぼし�'さす (to guess exactly right, to hit the nail on the head). (various references)

Pig Latin

onay ethay eadhay.(various references)

Romanian

loviturã puternicã la cap (humming knock on the head), lovi drept la ţintã (hit the nail on the head), da o explicaţie justã (hit the nail on the head). (various references)

Russian 

попасть в точку (hit the right nail on the head). (various references)

Scottish

peileid (a slap on the head, cod). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

reći pravu stvar (hit the right nail on the head). (various references)

Spanish

en el clavo (hit the nail on the head). (various references)

Swedish

klubba (club, hammer, indian club, knock on the head, lollipop, mallet). (various references)

Turkish

yerinde konuşmak (hit the nail on the head, outtalk), tam üstüne basmak (hit the nail on the head), taşı gediğine oturtmak (hit the nail on the head). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: headnote.

-2 letters: heathen, hothead.

-3 letters: anteed, atoned, denote, donate, ethane, hanted, heated, hented.

-4 letters: anode, anted, atone, death, doeth, donee, eaten, enate, hated, heath, honda, honed, neath, noted, oaten, thane, toned.

-5 letters: aeon, ante, date, dato, dean, deet, dene, dent, doat, dona, done, dote, doth, eath, etna, hade, haed, haen, haet, hand, hant, hate, hath.

+1 letter: heathendom.

+2 letters: heathendoms.

+4 letters: hotheadedness.

+5 letters: dichloroethane.