(idiomatic, informal) To berate. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take off, head.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of talk over someone's head

simple past tense and past participle of talk over someone's head

present participle of talk over someone's head

(simile) Very irritable; bad-tempered.

(dated) To have the bumps, indentations, and shape of one's skull examined and interpreted by a phrenologist. / (idiomatic) To have one's mental health assessed, to receive a psychiatric examination.

(idiomatic, Canada) To reassess the common sense of one's behaviour, ideas, etc.

Lespedeza capitata, a tall, deep-rooting perennial herb native to eastern North America.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see keep, one, head, down. / (idiomatic) To avoid trouble or attention.

Alternative form of cooler heads will prevail