heads upint.adj.n.

Brit.

/ˌhɛdz ˈʌp/, U.S.

/ˌhɛdz ˈəp/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: head n.¹, up adv.¹

Etymology: < the plural of head n.¹ + up adv.¹

A. int.

1. Originally Military. ‘Straighten up!’ ‘Hold your head high!’ Now chiefly in extended use as an exhortation to remain positive in difficult circumstances: ‘Take heart!’ Cf. chin up at chin n.¹ d.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > command > command or bidding > command or order [interjection]

heads upa1788

the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > expression of cheerfulness [interjection] > exhortation to be cheerful

comfort1597

heads up1854

cheers1915

a1788 J. Robertson Coll. Comic Songs (1805) 11 Ecod, it were enough to make a cat laugh, to see sarjeant drilling me—‘Heads up! higher! still higher!’

1801 M. Edgeworth Knapsack in Moral Tales ii. 150 They marched, and I amongst them, to face the enemy—heads up—step firm—thus it was—quick time—march!

1854 E. J. Morris tr. T. Mügge Afraja 534 Heads up, Niels! You have been a proud man all your life—be so now!

1877 A. Sewell Black Beauty i. xi. 56 You are a military man, Langley, and no doubt like to see your regiment look well on parade, ‘Heads up’, and all that.

1914 Collier's 1 Aug. 7/1 Heads up, you guys!.. We ain't licked yet.

1926 W. Rogers Let. 29 Apr. in Lett. Self-made Diplomat to his President I. 28 Sit down, hats off, heads up.

1997 Mirror (Nexis) 29 Sept. 33 Come on, heads up. We almost beat them. Next time we will. Be proud today.

2. Originally U.S. As a warning, esp. of possible danger above: ‘Pay attention!’ ‘Watch out!’

ΚΠ

1916 Daily Rev. (Decatur, Illinois) 8 Aug. 11/2 It is customary for the foreman of the crew to cry ‘Heads up’ as a warning, then the conductor signals the engineer to pull ahead about a car length.

1938 F. D. Sharpe Sharpe of Flying Squad i. 12 Up goes the cry: ‘Heads up, the squad!’

1986 T. Clancy Red Storm Rising (1988) xxvi. 420 ‘Heads up, friendly air coming in!’ Mackall cringed, hoping the pilot could tell the sheep from the goats.

1998 M. Burgess & R. Green Down Neck (HBO TV shooting script) 32 in Sopranos 1st Ser. (O.E.D. Archive) Hey, heads up! (A baseball whizzes by Tony's ear as he ducks.)

B. adj.

1. Originally U.S. Skilful; aware, alert, in the know.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adjective]

prettyOE

hagherc1175

slyc1175

skilful1338

cunning1382

subtlec1390

subtilea1393

appertise1484

sleighta1513

practicatec1550

skilled1552

right-sided1575

canny1628

skilly1768

Oorlam1881

heads up1913

shit-hot1942

multi-skill1970

1913 New Smyrna (Florida) News 21 Nov. 8/5 He was always right on the job, and looking ‘heads up’.

1924 N.Y. Times 24 June 25/5 The entire Tiger team played heads-up ball and closed the year with nineteen victories and four defeats.

1964 R. Gover Here goes Kitten 164 We were off like flashes for the scene as soon as Benny (Benjamin Toutman, a very heads-up reporter) told us the news.

1998 Take One Winter 9/1 It's not without risks and I think people have to be very heads-up about the risks.

2. = head-up adj. 2 Chiefly in heads-up display.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > controls and instruments > [adjective] > type of instrument display

head-up1960

heads up1964

1964 N.Y. Times 12 Apr. 88/1 A device that draws an electronic picture of the airport runway before the pilot's eyes to guide him in obscure weather..is called a windshield, or heads-up, display.

1978 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 9 Sept. 4/1 There are experiments with what pilots call a ‘heads-up display’ that projects vital information on to the windshield.

1989 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 21 Oct. d5/4 [The Grand Prix Turbo coupe] features a heads-up system for 1990, with the speedometer display in the windshield.

2002 Yahoo! Internet Life June 61/2 Heads-up instrumentation with night vision.

3. Originally U.S. Of the nature of an advance warning. Cf. sense C.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > warning of imminent danger or evil > [adjective]

monitoryc1475

warning1552

portentous1553

forewarning1576

admonitory1577

cautionary1638

premonitory1647

precautionary1648

noutheticala1652

cautional1656

cautioning1747

monitorial1816

pre-warning1892

heads up1979

1979 Washington Post 21 Aug. a1/6 In a message characterized as a ‘heads up alert’, intelligence officials warned..that Arab diplomats had suggested that Ambassador Andrew Young meet with a Palestine Liberation Organization official.

1993 Harper's Mag. Dec. 53/2 Babbit managed to have the Senate initiative killed in the joint conference committee, thanks in part to his ‘heads-up’ calls to various congressmen.

1995 L. Garrett Coming Plague (new ed.) xv. 532 They decided the responsible thing to do was to send a heads-up notice on the dentist's queries by computer to the agency's viral disease group.

2010 Blade (Toledo, Ohio) 17 Jan. a1 Mr. King said he got a heads-up call about his name being in the state audit.

C. n.

Originally U.S. An advance warning. Also occasionally without indefinite article.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > [noun] > cautionary advice or admonition

warningc1000

monishinga1382

admonition?c1400

monitionc1400

advertisementc1475

monishment1483

premonishment?1548

document1549

caveat1557

warner1565

commonition1566

monitory?1567

commonefaction1576

memento1580

lessoning1583

alarm1608

beacon1609

cautiona1616

documentation1753

heads up1977

1977 Dept. of Def. Appropriations for 1978: Hearings before Subcomm. of Comm. on Appropriations (U.S. House of Representatives, 95th Congr., 1st Sess.) IV. 96 The objective there, Mr. Edwards, is to make sure that we have a ‘heads up’ that a problem is developing.

1981 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 9 June When that data is provided, although it is not formally a commitment to sell, it is regarded as being a heads-up on a sale.

1988 Los Angeles Times 23 July ii. 18/6 It's giving him a heads up.

1993 S. Turow Pleading Guilty (1994) iii. xi. 165 I want to give you heads-up on something.

2012 Independent 24 Oct. 5/1 He never asked Ms Boaden about the substance of the Newsnight investigation—even though it was ‘relatively rare’ for her to give him such a ‘heads up’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	heads up
释义	heads upint.adj.n. Brit. /ˌhɛdz ˈʌp/, U.S. /ˌhɛdz ˈəp/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: head n.¹, up adv.¹ Etymology: < the plural of head n.¹ + up adv.¹ A. int. 1. Originally Military. ‘Straighten up!’ ‘Hold your head high!’ Now chiefly in extended use as an exhortation to remain positive in difficult circumstances: ‘Take heart!’ Cf. chin up at chin n.¹ d. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > command or order [interjection] heads upa1788 the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > expression of cheerfulness [interjection] > exhortation to be cheerful comfort1597 heads up1854 cheers1915 a1788 J. Robertson Coll. Comic Songs (1805) 11 Ecod, it were enough to make a cat laugh, to see sarjeant drilling me—‘Heads up! higher! still higher!’ 1801 M. Edgeworth Knapsack in Moral Tales ii. 150 They marched, and I amongst them, to face the enemy—heads up—step firm—thus it was—quick time—march! 1854 E. J. Morris tr. T. Mügge Afraja 534 Heads up, Niels! You have been a proud man all your life—be so now! 1877 A. Sewell Black Beauty i. xi. 56 You are a military man, Langley, and no doubt like to see your regiment look well on parade, ‘Heads up’, and all that. 1914 Collier's 1 Aug. 7/1 Heads up, you guys!.. We ain't licked yet. 1926 W. Rogers Let. 29 Apr. in Lett. Self-made Diplomat to his President I. 28 Sit down, hats off, heads up. 1997 Mirror (Nexis) 29 Sept. 33 Come on, heads up. We almost beat them. Next time we will. Be proud today. 2. Originally U.S. As a warning, esp. of possible danger above: ‘Pay attention!’ ‘Watch out!’ ΚΠ 1916 Daily Rev. (Decatur, Illinois) 8 Aug. 11/2 It is customary for the foreman of the crew to cry ‘Heads up’ as a warning, then the conductor signals the engineer to pull ahead about a car length. 1938 F. D. Sharpe Sharpe of Flying Squad i. 12 Up goes the cry: ‘Heads up, the squad!’ 1986 T. Clancy Red Storm Rising (1988) xxvi. 420 ‘Heads up, friendly air coming in!’ Mackall cringed, hoping the pilot could tell the sheep from the goats. 1998 M. Burgess & R. Green Down Neck (HBO TV shooting script) 32 in Sopranos 1st Ser. (O.E.D. Archive) Hey, heads up! (A baseball whizzes by Tony's ear as he ducks.) B. adj. 1. Originally U.S. Skilful; aware, alert, in the know. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adjective] prettyOE hagherc1175 slyc1175 skilful1338 cunning1382 subtlec1390 subtilea1393 appertise1484 sleighta1513 practicatec1550 skilled1552 right-sided1575 canny1628 skilly1768 Oorlam1881 heads up1913 shit-hot1942 multi-skill1970 1913 New Smyrna (Florida) News 21 Nov. 8/5 He was always right on the job, and looking ‘heads up’. 1924 N.Y. Times 24 June 25/5 The entire Tiger team played heads-up ball and closed the year with nineteen victories and four defeats. 1964 R. Gover Here goes Kitten 164 We were off like flashes for the scene as soon as Benny (Benjamin Toutman, a very heads-up reporter) told us the news. 1998 Take One Winter 9/1 It's not without risks and I think people have to be very heads-up about the risks. 2. = head-up adj. 2 Chiefly in heads-up display. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > controls and instruments > [adjective] > type of instrument display head-up1960 heads up1964 1964 N.Y. Times 12 Apr. 88/1 A device that draws an electronic picture of the airport runway before the pilot's eyes to guide him in obscure weather..is called a windshield, or heads-up, display. 1978 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 9 Sept. 4/1 There are experiments with what pilots call a ‘heads-up display’ that projects vital information on to the windshield. 1989 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 21 Oct. d5/4 [The Grand Prix Turbo coupe] features a heads-up system for 1990, with the speedometer display in the windshield. 2002 Yahoo! Internet Life June 61/2 Heads-up instrumentation with night vision. 3. Originally U.S. Of the nature of an advance warning. Cf. sense C. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > warning of imminent danger or evil > [adjective] monitoryc1475 warning1552 portentous1553 forewarning1576 admonitory1577 cautionary1638 premonitory1647 precautionary1648 noutheticala1652 cautional1656 cautioning1747 monitorial1816 pre-warning1892 heads up1979 1979 Washington Post 21 Aug. a1/6 In a message characterized as a ‘heads up alert’, intelligence officials warned..that Arab diplomats had suggested that Ambassador Andrew Young meet with a Palestine Liberation Organization official. 1993 Harper's Mag. Dec. 53/2 Babbit managed to have the Senate initiative killed in the joint conference committee, thanks in part to his ‘heads-up’ calls to various congressmen. 1995 L. Garrett Coming Plague (new ed.) xv. 532 They decided the responsible thing to do was to send a heads-up notice on the dentist's queries by computer to the agency's viral disease group. 2010 Blade (Toledo, Ohio) 17 Jan. a1 Mr. King said he got a heads-up call about his name being in the state audit. C. n. Originally U.S. An advance warning. Also occasionally without indefinite article. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > [noun] > cautionary advice or admonition warningc1000 monishinga1382 admonition?c1400 monitionc1400 advertisementc1475 monishment1483 premonishment?1548 document1549 caveat1557 warner1565 commonition1566 monitory?1567 commonefaction1576 memento1580 lessoning1583 alarm1608 beacon1609 cautiona1616 documentation1753 heads up1977 1977 Dept. of Def. Appropriations for 1978: Hearings before Subcomm. of Comm. on Appropriations (U.S. House of Representatives, 95th Congr., 1st Sess.) IV. 96 The objective there, Mr. Edwards, is to make sure that we have a ‘heads up’ that a problem is developing. 1981 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 9 June When that data is provided, although it is not formally a commitment to sell, it is regarded as being a heads-up on a sale. 1988 Los Angeles Times 23 July ii. 18/6 It's giving him a heads up. 1993 S. Turow Pleading Guilty (1994) iii. xi. 165 I want to give you heads-up on something. 2012 Independent 24 Oct. 5/1 He never asked Ms Boaden about the substance of the Newsnight investigation—even though it was ‘relatively rare’ for her to give him such a ‘heads up’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < int.adj.n.a1788
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