off one's head (Meaning)
off one's head
so as to pass over one's superior standing or authority, the part of a boil, pimple, or abscess at which it is likely to break, the place of leadership, honor, or command, fellatio, cunnilingus, the source of a stream or river, to go or point in a specified course, the approximate length of the head of a horse, unable to think in a clear or sensible way, to put the striking part of a weapon, tool, or implement on, the obverse (see obverse entry 2 sense 1) of a coin, mind entry 1 sense 2, understanding, toilet sense 1, director, leader, the place where a stream begins, the place of leadership or command, the seat of the intellect, to stand as the first or leading member of, an electromagnet used as a transducer for recording on, reading, or erasing a magnetic medium (such as tape or a disk), culminating point of action, pressure of a fluid, the division of the human body that contains the brain, the eyes, the ears, the nose, and the mouth, the difference in elevation between two points in a body of fluid, mental or emotional control, a person with respect to mental qualities, a ship's toilet, the upper or front part of the body (as of a human being or an insect) that contains the brain, the chief sense organs, and the mouth, to pass (a stream) by going round above the source, to form a compact mass of leaves or fruit, control of the mind or feelings, principal, chief, to get in front of so as to hinder, stop, or turn back, a devoted enthusiast, to act as leader or director of, one of a number (as of livestock), a mass of water in motion (as in a rip current), a part of a machine, tool, or weapon that performs the main function, any of a number of individuals, a separate part or topic, the uppermost extremity or projecting part of an object, to be or put oneself at the head of, the upper or anterior division of the animal body that contains the brain, the chief sense organs, and the mouth, coming from in front, to place something at the beginning or top of (something) in order to introduce or categorize, of, relating to, or intended for the upper or anterior division of the animal body that contains the brain, the chief sense organs, and the mouth, the side of a coin bearing a head or the major design, to form a head, a body of water kept in reserve at a height, located at the end that is upper or higher, the oval part of a printed musical note, one of a number (as of domestic animals), a person in this place, headmaster, the part of an apparatus that performs the chief function or a particular function, placed at the head, one in charge of a division or department in an office or institution, a portion of a page or sheet that is above the first line of printing, natural aptitude or talent, the bow and adjacent parts of a ship, to point or proceed in a certain direction, person sense 1, individual, the containing bank, dam, or wall, to take a lead over (as in a race), a part or attachment of a machine or machine tool containing a device (such as a cutter or drill), the end of a lipid molecule that consists of a polar group and is regarded as being opposite to the tail, to hit and propel (something, such as a soccer ball) with the head (see head entry 1 sense 1), the end that is upper or higher or opposite the foot, the leading element of a military column or a procession, headache, a skin or something like a thin piece of skin stretched across one or both ends of a drum, the rounded proximal end of a long bone (such as the humerus), drawing the greater depth of water forward, one who uses a drug, either end of something (such as a drum) whose two ends need not be distinguished, delirious, the corresponding anterior division of the body of various animals including all vertebrates, most arthropods, and many mollusks and worms, the foam that rises on a foaming liquid, the foliaged part of a plant especially when consisting of a compact mass of leaves, flowers, or fruit, headway, the foam or scum that rises on a fermenting or effervescing liquid (such as beer), person, individual, a projection or extremity especially of an anatomical part, to set the course of, a word or series of words often in larger letters placed at the beginning of a passage or at the top of a page in order to introduce or categorize, capitulum sense 2, the striking part of a weapon, tool, or implement, the uppermost part, the rounded proximal end of a long bone (as the humerus), crisis sense 2, a compact mass of plant parts (as leaves or flowers), the resulting pressure of the fluid at the lower point expressible as this height, an immediate constituent of a construction that can have the same grammatical function as the whole (such as man in "an old man," "a very old man," or "the man in the street"), the resulting pressure at the lower point, to have a source, beyond one's comprehension or competence, to form the uppermost extremity or projecting part of, the end of a muscle nearest the origin, behead, the anterior end of an invertebrate
Synonyms & Antonyms of off one's head
Synonyms:
- out to lunch
- strange
- haywire
- ballistic
- non compos mentis
- whacko
- balmy
- loony
- bonkers
- maniacal
- whacky
- unsound
- bats
- paranoidal
- meshuga
- wud
- bedlam
- certifiable
- off
- crackers
- screwy
- unreasonable
- around the bend
- out of one's mind
- paranoid
- meshugah
- irrational
- cuckoo
- bughouse
- brainsick
- meshugge
- unbalanced
- wacky
- off one's gourd
- batty
- crackbrained
- loony tunes
- demented
- foolish
- looney
- looney tunes
- crazed
- daft
- nutty
- eccentric
- gaga
- crackpot
- kookie
- wacko
- maniac
- cranky
- off one's rocker
- fruity
- moonstruck
- daffy
- kooky
- loco
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- delirious
- potty
- odd
- nuclear
- schizophrenic
- barmy
- neurotic
- witless
- hysteric
- frantic
- paranoic
- pixilated
- disturbed
- oddball
- amok
- aberrant
- delusional
- obsessed
- distracted
- unhinged
- senseless
- scatty
- meshuggah
- sociopathic
- pixillated
- fey
- teched
- delusionary
- dotty
- loopy
- depressed
- disordered
- paranoiac
- touched
- deranged
- cracked
- obsessive-compulsive
- tetched
- berserk
- amuck
- bananas
- ape
- queer
- schizoid
- distraught
- hysterical
Antonyms:
off one's head Sentence Examples
- The intense heat made him feel slightly off his head.
- Her eccentric behavior suggested that she might be a bit off her head.
- The sudden loss threw him completely off his head, causing him to make irrational decisions.
- The argument sent him off his head with rage, uttering insults that he later regretted.
- The loud noise and flashing lights made her feel dizzy and off her head.
- The sleep deprivation and stress had her thinking off her head, unable to focus properly.
- The accident left him dazed and off his head, struggling to remember what had happened.
- The drugs he was taking made him act off his head, engaging in bizarre and dangerous behavior.
- The doctor suspected that the patient was off his head due to a brain injury.
- The intense grief from losing his loved one sent him spiraling off his head, unable to cope with reality.
FAQs About the word off one's head
so as to pass over one's superior standing or authority, the part of a boil, pimple, or abscess at which it is likely to break, the place of leadership, honor,
nuts, psycho,insane, crazy, mental, mad, psychotic, lunatic, out to lunch, strange
balanced, reasonable, clear, sound, uncrazy, sane, rational, compos mentis,wise, judicious
The intense heat made him feel slightly off his head.
Her eccentric behavior suggested that she might be a bit off her head.
The sudden loss threw him completely off his head, causing him to make irrational decisions.
The argument sent him off his head with rage, uttering insults that he later regretted.
