: showing or requiring keen awareness and swift action
a heads-up player
Alex Rodriguez's heads-up play helped give Seattle the upper hand in a 3-2 victory Saturday against Baltimore.—
Chuck Johnson
Chuck Johnson
—used as a warning to look out for danger especially overhead or to clear a passageway
Examples of heads-up in a Sentence
Noun
thanks for the heads-up about the upcoming visit from the corporate big shots
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Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 16 Mar. 2026
The Netherlands escaped further damage on a heads-up play.
—Noah Gulley, Miami Herald, 8 Mar. 2026
Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 16 Mar. 2023
Or [expect that employees will] give me a heads-up.
—Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 8 Mar. 2023
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Noun
In the fundamentals department, Gore made a heads-up play to grab Curtis Mead’s chopper back to the mound and run straight towards the runner on third base, LaMonte Wade Jr.
—Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 16 Mar. 2026
The Netherlands escaped further damage on a heads-up play.
—Noah Gulley, Miami Herald, 8 Mar. 2026
Adjective
Just a heads-up - Midjourney's AI can now do hands correctly.
—Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 16 Mar. 2023
Or [expect that employees will] give me a heads-up.
—Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 8 Mar. 2023
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“Heads-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heads-up. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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