Random word: Heady That’s a word with multiple meanings. Heady can mean willful or rash. Also violent or impetuous. It can indicate intoxication or giddiness, which you get by imbibing a “heady brew.” It can also mean intelligence in action, as in, “He’s a heady ballplayer, boy.” However, if you’re heady with booze, you can’t be heady on the ball field. Or can you? Babe Ruth loved his beer (and hot dogs). Mickey Mantle, the great Yankee slugger, was an alcoholic.