Headshot
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Headshot is a noun meaning A portrait for branding or social media.
Meaning
A portrait for branding or social media.
More Meanings
- A gunshot to the head.
- (transitive, video games, slang) To kill (someone) by shooting them in the head.
- 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.
Example Sentences
SCOUTMASTER / HEADSHOTTED A SCOUT WITH THE BREECHSHOT.
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…”
Everybody knows someone who feels left out when video games are being played. Maybe your girlfriend is bad at headshotting newbs in “Halo 4” or racing against you in “Gran Turismo,” but she could definitely play this.
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’.
Word Forms
- headshots
- headshotting
- headshotted
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include paintings, photographs, photos, pictures, portraits, portrayals.
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