heads up

See also: heads-up

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

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Interjection

heads up

1. (idiomatic) Used as an informal warning, caution, or call for attention; pay attention!

   Heads up! I'm about to let go.

   Heads up! The boss is coming.

   • 2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, spoken by Avery Johnson (David Scully), Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: The Ark:

     Heads up, Marines! We got trouble.

Synonyms

• look out!, look sharp!, watch it!, watch out!, see also Thesaurus:heads up

Translations

warning

• Finnish: huomio! (fi), varoitus! (fi)
• French: attention (fr)
• German: Achtung (de)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: opp med haken

• Portuguese: Atenção!
• Russian: осторожно (ru) (ostorožno)
• Spanish: tate, epa (es), épale (es), to (es), alerta (es), avisón, cuidado (es)

Noun

heads up (plural heads ups)

1. Alternative spelling of heads-up

Verb

heads up

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of head up

Adjective

heads up (not comparable)

1. (poker) Containing only two players.

See also

• heads up on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• head up

Anagrams

• U-shaped