EGAVE

headhunt

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Meaning

  1. verb To cut off, and preserve, the heads of one's enemies.
  2. verb To actively recruit executive personnel.
  3. verb To pitch at a batter's head.
    There's a brawl on the field because the pitcher has been headhunting throughout the game.
  4. verb To use one's hockey stick to strike an opponent's head.

Similar words

behead head decapitate dehead lose their head lose his head lose her head lose one's head take someone's head off hand someone his head

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head hunt head hunted head hunting head hunts head-hunt head-hunted head-hunting head-hunts headhunted headhunting

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