heads-up

²heads–up

noun

Definition of HEADS-UP

: a message that alerts or prepares : warning <gave him a heads–up that an investigation was pending>

First Known Use of HEADS-UP

1987

Related to HEADS-UP

Synonyms: admonishment, admonition, alarm (also alarum), alert, caution, forewarning, heads-up, notice

Related Words: auguring, augury, forecasting, foretelling, predicting, prediction, premonition, presaging, prognosticating, prophecy (also prophesy), prophesying; apprising, informing, notification, notifying, tip-off; advice, counsel, guidance, recommendation, suggestion, tip; announcement, declaration

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