noun
Meaning 1
A portrait for branding or social media.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
headshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
A gunshot to the head.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A one-page, double-sided resume of an actor, consisting of the actor's photograph (usually of the head and shoulders) on one side and their curriculum vitae on the other.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 4
To kill (someone) by shooting them in the head.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang, transitive
Topics: video-games
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noun
Meaning 5
a shot aimed at a person's head
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: shooting, shot
noun
Meaning 6
an attempt to put the soccer ball into the net by using the head
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: shot
noun
Meaning 7
a photograph of a person's head
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: photograph, photo, exposure, picture, pic
History
Etymology
Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Germanic *haubudą Old English hēafod Middle English heed English head English shot English headshot From head + shot.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Cantonese: 大頭相 /大头相 (daai6 tau4 soeng3) — portrait
- Chinese Cantonese: 大頭 /大头 (daai6 tau4) — portrait
- Chinese Mandarin: 大頭照 /大头照 (dàtóuzhào) — portrait
- Spanish: ficha — portrait
- Spanish: foto fisonómica — portrait
- Spanish: toma facial — portrait
- Swedish: porträttfoto — portrait
- Afrikaans: kopskoot — gunshot to the head
- Chinese Mandarin: 爆頭 /爆头 (bàotóu) — gunshot to the head
- Dutch: kopschot — gunshot to the head
- Finnish: pääosuma — gunshot to the head
- French: tir dans la tête — gunshot to the head
- German: Kopfschuss — gunshot to the head
- Hungarian: fejlövés — gunshot to the head
- Japanese: ヘッドショット (heddoshotto) — gunshot to the head
- Korean: 헤드샷 (hedeusyat) — gunshot to the head
- Polish: headshot — gunshot to the head
- Portuguese: tiro na cabeça m headshot — gunshot to the head
- Russian: вы́стрел в голову (výstrel v golovu) — gunshot to the head
- Russian: хэдшот (xɛdšot) — gunshot to the head
- Spanish: tiro a la cabeza — gunshot to the head
- Spanish: disparo capital — gunshot to the head
- Spanish: disparo cefálico — gunshot to the head
- Swedish: huvudskott — gunshot to the head
- Turkish: headshot — gunshot to the head
Real reading context