Definition of Headhunts

1. Verb. (third-person singular of headhunt) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Headhunts

1. headhunt [v] - See also: headhunt

Lexicographical Neighbors of Headhunts

headgear
headgears
headgroup
headgroups
headgut
headhair
headhairs
headhouse
headhouses
headhunt
headhunted
headhunter
headhunters
headhunting
headhuntings
headhunts (current term)
headier
headies
headiest
headily
headiness
headinesses
heading
headings
headish
headkerchief
headlamp
headlamps
headland
headlands

Literary usage of Headhunts

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth by John Muir (1916)
"Although, like other wild boys, I was fond of shooting, I never had anything to do with these abominable headhunts. And now the farmers having learned that ..."

2. The British Columbia Reports Being Report of Cases Determined in the Supreme by British Columbia Courts, Law Society of British Columbia (1900)
"... between the general coast line measured from point to point of tin' headhunts disregarding the smaller bays and the ..."

3. Last Words on Materialism and Kindred Subjects: With a Life of the Author by by Ludwig Büchner (1901)
"The well-known headhunts of the Dyaks of the Malay Archipelago are also explained by the belief that the souls of the victims must serve the murderer in the ..."

4. Report of the Public Service Commission for the First District of the State by New York (State). Public Service Commission. First District (1908)
"... proper and adequate car bodies, headhunts, pilot fenders, wiring, brasses, controllers, automatic circuit breakers, resistances, axle gear wheels, ..."

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