HEADSHOT

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 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

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; picture (a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format)

Sense 2

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

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)