Phrase guide

one's head off

adv · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

No pronunciation record was provided for this word.

1

adv

Meaning 1

Without restraint, hesitation, or inhibition; endlessly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He has been worrying his head off all morning about how he will do on the finals.
  • 1998, Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible, New York: HarperFlamingo, p. 103, Late in the fall, the milky green bushes surrounding every house and path suddenly revealed themselves as poinsettias. They bloomed their heads off and Christmas rang out in the sticky heat [...]

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.