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Definition of makes heads roll
make heads roll
verb
- to punish one or more people due to a mistake, usually in a workplace environment or business context.
I can't believe our vendor screwed up the shipping. I'm going to make heads roll.
- See more words with the same meaning: business (related to).
- See more words with the same meaning: to punish.
Last edited on Jan 26 2018. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 26 2018.
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Other terms relating to 'business (related to)': | |
| Definitions include: a request. | |
| Definitions include: in marketing, a satisfied customer who tells others about his positive experience with products of a particular brand name. | |
| Definitions include: to go free from a criminal charge. | |
| Definitions include: a fictional business report made popular by the film "Office Space" and used in the TV show "Lost." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "small office / home office". | |
| Definitions include: the contract involved in an agreement. | |
| Definitions include: abbreviated form of "conference call". | |
| Definitions include: general malaise felt on the first day back to work after the weekend. | |
| Definitions include: the main source of income for a business. | |
| Definitions include: speech commonly found in corporations, often filled with buzzwords, jargon, and "verbed" nouns. | |
| Definitions include: the contract involved in an agreement. | |
| Definitions include: the pursuit of money. | |
| Definitions include: a person hired for their expertise. | |
| Definitions include: "I see". | |
| Definitions include: a person who provides illegal drugs. | |
Other terms relating to 'to punish': | |
| Definitions include: a person who must travel in the trunk of a car because there are no seats left. | |
| Definitions include: to complain, scold, harass, or nag as to provoke anger. | |
| Definitions include: to break one's kneecaps as a form of punishment. | |
| Definitions include: to punish. | |
| Definitions include: to kill, usually with a firearm. | |
| Definitions include: to punish. | |
| Definitions include: to only get light punishment. | |
| Definitions include: to complain, scold, or nag. | |
| Definitions include: to punish. | |
| Definitions include: a punishment for something small. | |
| Definitions include: a light punishment. | |
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Other terms relating to 'head': | |
| Definitions include: an LSD user. | |
| Definitions include: an unintelligent person; "dimwit". | |
| Definitions include: In the RN/RM, 'Baby's Head' refers to tinned steak and kidney pudding which was in ration packs until the change to dehydrated rations. | |
| Definitions include: a penis. | |
| Definitions include: to face difficulties while trying to solve a problem. | |
| Definitions include: messy hair from sleeping. | |
| Definitions include: conceit. | |
| Definitions include: A totally stupid or useless person | |
| Definitions include: to reprimand. | |
| Definitions include: a female that performs fellatio frequently, or performs it well. | |
| Definitions include: to perform fellatio. | |
| Definitions include: someone who is dense, thick in the head, or just plain stupid. | |
| Definitions include: "air head" someone who is not thinking straight. | |
| Definitions include: a truncated sentence "But-her-head" used to describe someone who's face is ugly | |
| Definitions include: Someone who isn't that smart or isn't nice. | |
Other terms relating to 'make': | |
| Definitions include: a penis. | |
| Definitions include: buttocks. | |
| Definitions include: general insulting retort to a female. | |
| Definitions include: to defecate; "poop". | |
| Definitions include: rushing leads to mistakes. | |
| Definitions include: "kiss and make up". | |
| Definitions include: sex. | |
| Definitions include: to identify or recognize. | |
| Definitions include: to make a 180. | |
| Definitions include: to embarrass one's self. | |
| Definitions include: to fart loudly. | |
| Definitions include: to defecate; "poop". | |
| Definitions include: to make progress towards. | |
| Definitions include: to defecate. | |
| Definitions include: see airtight. | |
Other terms relating to 'roll': | |
| Definitions include: toilet paper. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "falling off chair, rolling on floor, laughing out loud". | |
| Definitions include: rolling on the floor laughing | |
| Definitions include: to start a process. | |
| Definitions include: sex. | |
| Definitions include: very easy to do. | |
| Definitions include: a wad of currency in small denominations with a large denomination bill around the outside to make it look like more money. | |
| Definitions include: an extremely painful event, akin to having your testicles overrun by a steamroller. | |
| Definitions include: performing well. | |
| Definitions include: to click a link on the web and be taken to a site other than the one anticipated. | |
| Definitions include: to initiate an action. | |
| Definitions include: "that's great!" | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "rolling on floor laughing". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "rolling on floor laughing my ass off". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "rolling on [the] floor laughing my fucking ass off". | |
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