heads

Etymology 1

Plural of head.

intj

1. A shouted warning that something is falling from above, mind your heads; heads-up.

noun

1. plural of head.

noun

1. (nautical) 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. The side of a coin that bears the picture of the head of state or similar.
   Heads, I win.
3. Clipping of headphones.
   Pass me the heads, I wanna listen.
4. (Ireland, law) The draft scheme of a bill before it is formally introduced to a parliament.
   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. 2000s "How Irish statutes were made" Queens University Belfast
   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. 2012 Department of Justice and Equality "Government Publishes Proposed Amendments to Anti Money-Laundering Law" Dublin, 6 June 2012
5. Tiles laid at the eaves of a house.

Etymology 2

verb

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of head

Etymology 3

head (from the notion that it gives a head high) + -s (possibly either genitive or plural).

noun

1. (slang) High-grade marijuana.