head-on (hĕdŏn′, -ôn′)
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Tweet adv. 1. With the head or front first: The cars crashed head-on. 2. In open conflict; in direct opposition: "I have wondered since whether it would have been wiser to meet the issue head-on" (Henry A. Kissinger). adj. 1. Facing forward; frontal. 2. With the front end foremost: a head-on collision. |
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