headshot
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headshot
noun headshots
- A portrait for branding or social media. I went home, I changed, I went to Walgreens and printed out a headshot of me and signed it ‘from your favorite local news reporter,’ and I sat in the parking lot for four hours until she said, ‘Hey, your passes to go backstage are at will-call’.
- A gunshot to the head. Smelling victory amongst the gunpowder Graeme started shooting off his mouth. “True Counter-Strikers like me don’t even count kills unless they’re headshots or a knife in the back of the nut…”
- 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.
verb headshots · headshotting · headshotted
- To kill (someone) by shooting them in the head. SCOUTMASTER / HEADSHOTTED A SCOUT WITH THE BREECHSHOT.
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noun portrait
| Español | ficha, foto fisonómica, toma facial |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 大頭照 /大头照 dàtóuzhào |
noun gunshot to the head
| Español | tiro a la cabeza, disparo capital, disparo cefálico |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 헤드샷 hedeusyat |
| 日本語 | ヘッドショット heddoshotto |
| 中文 | 爆頭 /爆头 bàotóu |
| Português | tiro na cabeça m headshot |
| Français | tir dans la tête |
| Deutsch | Kopfschuss |
| Русский | вы́стрел в голову výstrel v golovu, хэдшот xɛdšot |
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@misc{headshot_2026,
title = {headshot},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/headshot},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
