Meaning of Heads | Babel Free

Definitions

1. That part of older sailing ships forward of the forecastle and around the beak, used by the crew as their lavatory; still used as the word for toilets on a ship.
2. Head.
3. High-grade marijuana.
   slang, uncountable
4. One side of a coin
5. One side of a coin:
   usually
6. The side that bears the picture of the head of state or other national symbol.
   usually
7. The side that does not bear an image of the Irish harp.
   Ireland, sometimes
8. Clipping of headphones.
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
9. The draft scheme of a bill before it is formally introduced to a parliament.
   Ireland
10. Tiles laid at the eaves of a house.

Equivalents

Examples

“Heads, I win.”

“Pass me the heads, I wanna listen.”

“Until the session of 1782 bills could only (under Poynings’ Law) begin in the Irish privy council. However, informal legislative initiatives, known as ‘heads of bills’, began regularly in the houses of parliament.”

“The Heads of the Bill are being published to enable consultation with relevant sectors on the proposed changes prior to the detailed drafting of the Bill.”

CEFR level