heads-up

Noun

 * 1)  A warning or call to pay attention; an advisory notice; a notice of what is to happen; a holler.
 * Send everyone a heads-up about the inspection tomorrow.
 * 1)  Involving two players. (usually said when there are only two players in the table; or, when all players except two folded)
 * There were only two of us, so we started playing heads-up.
 * There are seven players on the table. Five folded, the remaining two played heads-up until the showdown.

Translations

 * Danish:, forvarsel, forhåndsadvarsel
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * German: Aufgepasst!,, , ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: forvarsel
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:

Adjective

 * 1) With head directly above the neck, eyes front.
 * A heads-up posture meant the pilot couldn't pay attention to his instruments.
 * 1) Alert; vigilant
 * Getting those marbles off the red carpet was a real heads-up move.

Translations

 * German:, Kopf im Nacken und Augen geradeaus


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