headspring (redirected from headsprings)

head·spring  (hdsprng)

n.

A fountainhead; a source.

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headspring [ˈhɛdˌsprɪŋ]

n

1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a spring that is the source of a stream

2. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Gymnastics) a spring using the head as a lever from a position lying on the ground

3. Rare a source

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

headspring - the source of water from which a stream arises; "they tracked him back toward the head of the stream" fountainhead, head origin, source, root, rootage, beginning - the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root"