head

Naija

Alternative forms

hed

Etymology

From: English head

Pronunciation

• hɛ́d

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 46
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 256
• Frequency in raw corpus: 1435
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 267

Definition

Di place ontop person neck wey person brain dey

Noun

1. The hair wey dey ontop person skull

   I sabi barb head.  — (NSC_2020, I know how to cut hair.)

2. When person mind no settle

   Dis one scatter people head more.  — (bbc__42360, This one made the people more agitated)

3. For person to reason matter well or take better action

   Di way Governor Seyi Makinde use address di protest matter show sey e head dey there.  — (NSC_Odirin_2020, The manner that Governor Seyi Makinde used to address the issue of protest reflects his good judgement.)

4. For better ting to dey happen for person life

   Okonkwo get good head.  — (katakata__506, Okonkwo has good fortune.)

   Unoka no get good head.  — (katakata__913, Unoka does not have good fortune.)

5. person wey dey in charge of somewhere or someting

   Be careful no make mistake, na wetin di head of Revolutionary Guards tok.  — (bbc__655, Be careful and make no mistake, that is what the head of the Revolutionary guards said)

   You know sey God don do am sey man na di head.  — (ABJ_INF_06_Marriage-Counselling_DG__90, You know that God has done it that man is the head.)

6. person face

   Ahah, but di hair, and di head no fine now.  — (JOS_02_Hair-And-Movies_DG__34, Ahah! But the hair... the face is not fine now.)

7. feeling of pride/ when person body dey sweet am

   Im say: my appeal be say make di players no let dem head swell.  — (bbc__59384, He said: My appeal is that the players should not get carried away)

8. someting or matter wey no good

   'No be like pastors for today wey dia vision no go get head or tail.  — (bbc__8471, Do not behave like pastors of nowadays whose vision is incorrect/unreliable)

   Dis kain tori wey no get head or tail, dey pain Nigerians because na just two weeks ago one JAMB staff come out say snake chop N36 million of di government bodi wey dey arrange university exams for Nigeria.  — (bbc__40799, This kind of story that is unreliable is painful to Nigerians because it was just two weeks ago that a JAMB staff came out to say that a snake ate N36 million of the government institution responsible for conducting university exams in Nigeria.)

   Meeting to end Nigeria public universities lecturers strike no get head Why dis university professor bone ASUU strike and threaten to sue di union  — (bbc__66796, The meeting to end the strike of Nigeria public universities lecturers is inconclusive Why this university professor snubbed the ASUU strike and threatened to sue the union.)

9. for person to gree put for matter

   Everybodi wey vote for dis one say yes on top am, afta Russia and China wey be Pyongyang friend nod head join di decision.  — (bbc__47923, Everyone that voted for him said yes to it, after Russia and China who are friend's of Pyongyang gave their assent to the decision)

Related forms

• IPOB head, girl head, man head,pipo head

Synonyms

coconut

Antonyms

leg

Translations

• English: the upper part of someone's body, position of authority

Verb

1. Make person dey in charge

   Former INEC chairman Attahiru Jega go head di new team to find foreign students  — (bbc__52651, Former INEC chairman Attahiru Jega will head the new team to find foreign students.)

   Di matter serious sotay na CAF president Ahmad Ahmad head di meeting from Madagascar.  — (bbc__36053, The matter was so serious that the CAF president Ahmad Ahmad headed the meeting from Madagascar)

2. Make person take the part of body wey dey ontop neck nack someting

   Ronaldo head di ball enter net fo di match.  — (NSC__Odirin 2020, Ronaldo headed the ball into the net)

Synonyms

hit, nack,

Translations

• English: to be boss, to direct the movement of something with the head