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Definition of headless adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

headless

adjective
 
/ˈhedləs/
 
/ˈhedləs/
[usually before noun]Idioms
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  1. without a head
    • a headless body/corpse
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryHeadless is used with these nouns:
    • corpse
    • torso
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Idioms
run around like a headless chicken
  1. to be very busy and active trying to do something, but not very organized, with the result that you do not succeedTopics Difficulty and failurec2
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alloy
noun
 
 
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