different between headhunt vs headhunter

English

Etymology

head +? hunt

Verb

headhunt (third-person singular simple present headhunts, present participle headhunting, simple past and past participle headhunted)

1. To cut off, and preserve, the heads of one's enemies
2. To actively recruit executive personnel
3. (baseball) To pitch at a batter's head.

   There's a brawl on the field because the pitcher has been headhunting throughout the game.

4. (ice hockey) To use one's hockey stick to strike an opponent's head.

Derived terms

• headhunter
• headhunting

English

Alternative forms

• head hunter

Etymology

head +? hunter

Pronunciation

Noun

headhunter (plural headhunters)

1. (anthropology) A person who practises headhunting, the taking and preserving of a person's head after killing them.
2. One who recruits senior personnel for a company.

   She was the best headhunter they had ever seen.

3. (baseball) A pitcher who throws at the batter's head.

   Thankfully, there aren't many headhunters in the modern game.

4. (ice hockey) A player who uses a hockey stick to attempt to strike an opponent's head.

   He is known as a goon and a headhunter.

Descendants

• ? German: Headhunter m

Translations

See also

• headhunt
• headhunted