Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A photograph of the head.
- noun A bullet or shot aimed at and hitting the head.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
photograph of someone'shead - noun A
gunshot to the head - noun A one-page, double-sided
resume of anactor , consisting of the actor'sphotograph (usually of thehead andshoulders ) on one side and his/hercurriculum vitae on the other
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a photograph of a person's head
- noun a shot aimed at a person's head
- noun an attempt to put the soccer ball into the net by using the head
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Examples
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Maybe you meant that the actual guy in the headshot is an African-American, but I'm assuming you don't actually know that and just called him African-American because you're one of those folks who is afraid to just say "black".
Seattle Times Boots Five “Partner” Blogs Over Questionable April Fool’s Posts « PubliCola 2010
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Below the headshot was a block of text, and below that a larger photograph in which a cluster of people stood on a sidewalk, looking down at something outside the frame.
In This Way I Was Saved Brian DeLeeuw 2009
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The good thing about it is that a headshot is a definite stun and Sheva's AK doesn't have a high critical rate, so it can give you a setup for roundhouse melee kill if all else fails.
IGN Complete 2009
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The good thing about it is that a headshot is a definite stun and Sheva's AK doesn't have a high critical rate, so it can give you a setup for roundhouse melee kill if all else fails.
IGN Complete 2009
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All Zhu has left of the golden retriever is a giant studio headshot, which is framed and displayed prominently in his store.
Taipei Times 2008
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It's also worth noting that the author of the video chose to include both the current version of Joker's "headshot" fatality and the previously released, far more graphic version.
Every ‘Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe’ Fatality/Brutality In One Video 2008
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Katey Coppola of Glitterati has released TWO new variations of her old pose set "headshot".
Fashion World of SL 2010
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At least one former SEAL was not surprised that each of the three Somali pirates was killed with just one shot, despite the fact that they were on a rolling sea and the Navy snipers had to make a successful "headshot," something he said is "extremely difficult."
ABC News: ABCNews 2009
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At least one former SEAL was not surprised that each of the three Somali pirates was killed with just one shot, despite the fact that they were on a rolling sea and the Navy snipers had to make a successful "headshot," something he said is
ABC News: ABCNews 2009
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At least one former SEAL was not surprised that each of the three Somali pirates was killed with just one shot, despite the fact that they were on a rolling sea and the Navy snipers had to make a successful "headshot," something he said is "extremely difficult."
ABC News: ABCNews 2009
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