HEADS UP meaning: Alerting someone to imminent situation

We found 29 dictionaries that define the word heads up:

General (19 matching dictionaries)

heads-up, heads up: Merriam-Webster
heads-up: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
heads-up, heads up: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
heads up: Collins English Dictionary
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Heads-Up, Heads-up, heads-up: Wordnik
heads-up: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
heads-up, heads up: Wiktionary
heads-up: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
heads up: Infoplease Dictionary
heads-up, heads up, heads up: Dictionary.com
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heads-up: Rhymezone
heads-up: FreeDictionary.org
heads-up: Mnemonic Dictionary
heads-up, heads up: TheFreeDictionary.com
heads up: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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heads up: Legal dictionary

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heads up: Encyclopedia

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heads up: Medical dictionary

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Heads up, heads up: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

heads up, heads up: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
Heads up, heads-up: Urban Dictionary

Sports (4 matching dictionaries)

Heads-Up: Dan's Poker
Heads Up: Gambling Glossary
Texas Hold'em Dictionary (No longer online)
Heads-Up: Poker Terms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (heads up)

▸ adjective: (poker) Containing only two players.
▸ noun: Alternative spelling of heads-up [(chiefly US, idiomatic) A warning or call to pay attention; an advisory notice; a notice of what is to happen; a holler.]

Opposite:

heads down, unaware, unprepared

Phrases:

heads up display, heads up displays, Heads up, seven up, give a heads up, heads up and down, more...

Adjectives:

wired, gutshot, rainbow, broadway, suited, canine, case, high, low, full house

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