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HEADSHOT

Dictionary entry overview: What does headshot mean?

• HEADSHOT (noun)
The noun HEADSHOT has 3 senses:

1. a photograph of a person's head
2. an attempt to put the soccer ball into the net by using the head
3. a shot aimed at a person's head

Familiarity information: HEADSHOT used as a noun is uncommon.

Dictionary entry details

• HEADSHOT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A photograph of a person's head

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("headshot" is a kind of...):

exposure; photo; photograph; pic (a picture of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

An attempt to put the soccer ball into the net by using the head

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("headshot" is a kind of...):

shot (an attempt to score in a game)

Holonyms ("headshot" is a part of...):

association football; soccer (a football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

A shot aimed at a person's head

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("headshot" is a kind of...):

shooting; shot (the act of firing a projectile)

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