Definition of bald-headed
1
:bald
2
of a schooner
:without topmasts
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First Known Use of bald-headed
1580
Definition of bald-headed
:in a rush without care or caution :precipitately
- she came out bald-headed and accused me of having stolen the case
- —Valentine Williams
- the planes went bald-headed for the enemy squadron
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