head over heels

adverb

1

a

: in or as if in a somersault : helter-skelter

b

: upside down

2

: very much : deeply

head over heels in love

Examples of head over heels in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Create art that moves the soul, connect with others on a spiritual level and indulge in the kind of love that feels like a fairytale Comments Prepare to fall head over heels! —Valerie Mesa, People.com, 31 Jan. 2025

Kristin Cavallari and Mark Estes are head over heels for each other in Greece! —Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 6 Aug. 2024

Off-screen, Good is head over heels in love with fiancé Jonathan Majors. —Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025

The larger-than-life writer-director plays the dupe, an Irish sailor who falls head over heels in confounded lust for Elsa (Hayworth), the enigmatic wife of a crooked lawyer (Everett Sloane), recently arrived in New York from Shanghai. —Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1694, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Kids Definition

head over heels

adverb

1

: in or as if in a somersault

fell head over heels down the hill

2

: very much : deeply

head over heels in love