Usually means: Alert, aware of immediate surroundings.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word heads-up:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. heads-up: Merriam-Webster
  2. heads-up: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. heads-up: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. heads-up: Vocabulary.com
  5. Heads-Up, heads-up: Wordnik
  6. heads-up: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. heads-up: Wiktionary
  8. heads-up: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. heads-up: Dictionary.com
  10. Heads-up: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. heads-up: Rhymezone
  12. heads-up: FreeDictionary.org
  13. heads-up: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. heads-up: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. Heads-up: Wordnik

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. heads-up: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. heads-up: Urban Dictionary

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Heads-Up: Dan's Poker
  2. Heads-Up: Poker Terms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (heads-up)

noun:  (chiefly US, idiomatic) A warning or call to pay attention; an advisory notice; a notice of what is to happen; a holler.
noun:  (poker) Involving two players. (usually said when there are only two players in the table; or, when all players except two folded)
adjective:  With head directly above the neck, eyes front.
adjective:  Alert; vigilant

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