headhunt (English, verb)
expansion: headhunt (third-person singular simple present headhunts, present participle headhunting, simple past and past participle headhunted)
Senses:
glosses: To cut off, and preserve, the heads of one's enemies.
tags: transitive
glosses: To actively recruit executive personnel.
tags: intransitive
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To pitch at a batter's head.
tags: intransitive
topics: hobbies
ice-hockey
lifestyle
skating
sports
glosses: To use one's hockey stick to strike an opponent's head.
tags: transitive
Forms:
form: headhunts
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: headhunting
tags: participle
present
form: headhunted
tags: participle
past
form: headhunted
tags: past
form: head-hunt
tags: alternative