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Doing theater, I call it concentrated shampoo. You put a dime in the palm of your hand and you get a headful of lather. When you do a play, you're there for two and a half hours, and you live a lifetime.
Richard Kind

Meaning of "headful" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HEADFUL

headful  [ˈhedfʊl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HEADFUL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Headful is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HEADFUL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of headful in the English dictionary

The definition of headful in the dictionary is the amount a head or brain will hold.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HEADFUL


aidful
ˈeɪdfʊl
deedful
ˈdiːdfʊl
discordful
dɪsˈkɔːdfʊl
disregardful
ˌdɪsrɪˈɡɑːdfʊl
dreadful
ˈdrɛdfʊl
fraudful
ˈfrɔːdfʊl
gladful
ˈɡlædfʊl
handful
ˈhændfʊl
heedful
ˈhiːdfʊl
mindful
ˈmaɪndfʊl
needful
ˈniːdfʊl
prideful
ˈpraɪdfʊl
proudful
ˈpraʊdfʊl
regardful
rɪˈɡɑːdfʊl
remindful
rɪˈmaɪndfʊl
spadeful
ˈspeɪdfʊl
speedful
ˈspiːdfʊl
tradeful
ˈtreɪdfʊl
unmindful
ʌnˈmaɪndfʊl
unneedful
ʌnˈniːdfʊl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HEADFUL

headed
headed notepaper
headend
header
header tank
headfast
headfirst
headforemost
headframe
headfuck
headgear
headguard
headhunt
headhunter
headhunting firm
headier
headiest
headily
headiness
heading

WORDS THAT END LIKE HEADFUL

awful
beautiful
careful
colorful
do the needful
foodful
grateful
helpful
hopeful
meaningful
painful
peaceful
penny-dreadful
powerful
rewardful
shedful
successful
the needful
useful
wonderful

Synonyms and antonyms of headful in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «headful» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HEADFUL

Find out the translation of headful to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of headful from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «headful» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

headful
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cabeza llena
570 millions of speakers

English

headful
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

headful
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

headful
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

headful
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cabeça cheia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

headful
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

headful
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Teruk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

headful
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

headful
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

headful
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Headem
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

headful
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

headful
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डोकेदुखी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

headful
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

headful
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

headful
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

headful
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

headful
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

headful
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

headful
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

headful
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

headful
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of headful

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HEADFUL»

The term «headful» is normally little used and occupies the 136.766 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HEADFUL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about headful

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QUOTES WITH «HEADFUL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word headful.
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Richard Kind
Doing theater, I call it concentrated shampoo. You put a dime in the palm of your hand and you get a headful of lather. When you do a play, you're there for two and a half hours, and you live a lifetime.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HEADFUL»

Discover the use of headful in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to headful and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Viral Genome Packaging: Genetics, Structure, and Mechanism: ...
Additionally the efficiency of packaging is reduced in a number of these multiple gp6 mutants suggesting a cross-talk between some step in DNA encapsidation ( e.g., DNA translocation) and the headful trigger/cleavage.2o'29 The data ...
Carlos E. Catalano, 2007
2
Essentials of Molecular Biology
This is known as the headful mechanism, and it explains how both terminal redundancy and circular permutation arise (Figure 14-17). The essential point is that the DNA content of a T4 particle is greater than the length of DNA required to  ...
George M. Malacinski, 2005
3
Genetic Methods for Diverse Prokaryotes
Phages that package DNA via the "headful" mechanisms are more likely to be capable of generalized transduction than those that package via other strategies. Packaging via the "headful" mechanism relies on a locus called the pac site, ...
‎1999
4
Modern Microbial Genetics
The same headful length of DNA is encapsulated starting at the second cut, and when this length is reached a third cut is made. The third cut plays the same role as the second. It terminates packaging of the second headful and starts the ...
Uldis N. Streips, Ronald E. Yasbin, 2004
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Viral Molecular Machines
The headful cleavage is imprecise leading to variations in chromosome size of more than 1 kb (Casjens and Hayden 1988; Tavares et al. 1996). The mechanism requires a sensor that measures the level of DNA head filling and a headful ...
Michael G. Rossmann, Venigalla B. Rao, 2012
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Advanced Bacterial Genetics: Use of Transposons and Phage ...
Once the head is full, a second, nonspecific, cut is made by the nuclease to release the DNA, and assembly of the phage particle is completed. The end of DNA is then fed to another capsid and another headful is packaged. After about three to ...
‎2007
7
Encyclopedia of Microbiology
Lambda does not use the headful packaging mechanism of most known transducers, but utilizes an alternative mechanism whereby the DNA concatemers are cleaved at a specific cos site found at either end of the phage genome. Whereas ...
‎2009
8
Issues in Biochemistry and Biomaterials: 2013 Edition
Thomas. Jefferson. University,. Philadelphia: Structure. of. p22. headful. packaging. nuclease. By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Life Science Weekly — Researchers detail new data in Biological Chemistry. According to news reporting ...
‎2013
9
Bacterial Genomes: Physical Structure and Analysis
The end of DNA is then fed to another capsid and another headful is packaged. After about three to five consecutive, sequential "headfuls" of DNA are packaged, the enzyme dissociates from the DNA (Figure 27-4). Only the initial cleavage by ...
F.J. de Bruijn, James R. Lupski, George M. Weinstock, 1998
10
Prokaryotic Genomics
Replicated regions are then packaged into P22 capsids by the "headful" mechanism characteristic of phage P22 [12]. The first headful will package a portion of the defective hybrid prophage and some adjacent host DNA; further headfuls will ...
Michel Blot, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HEADFUL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term headful is used in the context of the following news items.
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Share “Fowler heads into Open still seeking a...”
Six years after he arrived on the PGA Tour with a headful of unruly hair and a big endorsement deal, he has yet to capture a truly signature win, ... «NewsOK.com, Jul 15»
2
Rickie Fowler ready to break through with truly signature win …
Six years after he arrived on the PGA Tour with a headful of unruly hair and a big endorsement deal, he has yet to capture a truly signature win, ... «St. Augustine Record, Jul 15»
3
Good Branding Is About Making Your Customers Feel Good - Times …
A few years back when I launched InsureWell, I remember having a headful of conversations with marketing companies that asked one ... «Times of San Diego, Jul 15»
4
Living Well With Lupus
That is why no one leaves my office without a handful of pamphlets and a headful of solid information. Education helps lupus patients better ... «U.S. News & World Report, Jul 15»
5
Dustin Brown stuns Rafael Nadal and endears himself to the Centre …
Twelve months ago he fell to Australian teenager Nick Kyrgios, who turned up equipped with a headful of attitude and a wonderfully loose arm. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
6
Orillia bluegrass band makes Mariposa debut
Sean, an easygoing 26-year-old who sports a headful of dreadlocks, readily admits bluegrass was not his first love. In high school, the Patrick ... «Simcoe.com, Jul 15»
7
All the rumours and tipped names so far
Their 'final' album, A Headful Of Dreams, is coming soon - Glastonbury sounds like the perfect goodbye, surely? Rumour has it that Michael ... «Gigwise, Jun 15»
8
Stand-up comic reveals naked truth about her body helps her talk …
Gone is the headful of dark curls – now she's a dazzling blonde, with hair so bright it could be irradiated, and an attitude to match. But her show ... «Scottish Daily Record, Jun 15»
9
Interview with Mary Lee, famous internet shark
She has hinted at a possible relationship with Bruce, the mechanical shark in “Jaws,” tweeting, “Oh, he had a headful of nuts and bolts. «Boston Globe, Jun 15»
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Matchy-Matchy: Headbands and Earrings Were Twinning at …
But harmonizing a headful of accessories is new to us. Making it all the more ethereal was the woven hairline that ended in a plaited chignon or ... «Style.com, Jun 15»

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