headhuntingn.

Brit.

/ˈhɛdhʌntɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈhɛdˌ(h)ən(t)ɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: head n.¹, hunting n.

Etymology: < head n.¹ + hunting n., after headhunter n. Compare later headhunt v.

1. With reference to certain tribal societies: the action or practice of decapitating an enemy and preserving the head as a trophy, or of hunting or killing people for this purpose. Now chiefly historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > killing > killing for specific reason > [noun] > to obtain (part of) body

headhunting1817

burkism1829

burking1831

medicine murder1952

1817 T. S. Raffles Hist. Java II. x. 66 Before the Dáyas..engage in any war, head-hunting, or indeed any matter of importance, they endeavour to procure omens from..kites.

1853 H. Keppel Visit to Indian Archipel. I. 129 Some..Dyaks have..stated that they would give up head-hunting, were it not for the taunts and gibes of their wives and sweethearts.

1917 J. A. Robertson in H. M. Stephens Pacific Ocean in Hist. 180 The rapidly dying custom of headhunting of the present-day wild peoples is only..feud warfare sanctioned by religion and superstition.

1995 L. D. Kliever in S. K. Toombs et al. Chronic Illness iv. 64 In 1972 the Ilongots faced an acute problem when headhunting was outlawed by the Marcos regime.

2. Originally U.S. The action or practice of targeting people for recruitment, now esp. by identifying and approaching highly skilled or experienced personnel already employed elsewhere, and typically carried out by a recruitment agent or agency on an employer's behalf.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > working > labour supply > [noun] > seeking an employee

headhunting1909

milk round1970

trawl1971

1909 Mahoning Disp. (Ohio) 5 Mar. 1/5 The traction company has ceased head hunting. They laid off a lot of good men.

1949 Employment Security Rev. Apr. 7 Some sugar companies..were reluctant to abandon traditional ‘head-hunting’ techniques for securing out-of-State beet labor.

1957 Wall Street Jrnl. 12 Feb. 1/6 Personnel executives describing their losses often condemn the whole procedure as ‘head-hunting’ or ‘scalp collecting’.

1966 Times 4 May 12/1 The polite word for head-hunting is the ‘search’ method of executive selection.

1984 J. Archer First among Equals xix. 223 Head-hunting seemed to be the next move.

2002 D. Goleman et al. Business: Ultimate Resource 1257/2 Headhunting..can create employee-retention problems, since a company's best staff can be tempted to leave by better job offers.

Compounds

General attributive.

a. In sense 1, as headhunting expedition, headhunting raid, etc.

ΚΠ

1824 Encycl. Brit. Suppl. III. 370/2 Those..who are desirous of entering into that state [of matrimony], form themselves into what Dr. Leyden calls head-hunting expeditions.

1841 J. Brooke Let. 10 Nov. in Private Lett. (1853) I. 131 On their piratical and head-hunting excursions, they [sc. the Dyaks] are generally accompanied by a sprinkling of Malays.

1871 London & China Tel. 13 Feb. 115/1 The..head hunting raids of the Engkias Dyaks on the Milikin tribe.

1914 Sat. Rev. 31 Jan. 147/2 The head-hunting propensities of the Dyaks and Kayans.

1922 Amer. Chamber of Commerce Jrnl. Apr. 12/3 The country is inhabited by the non-Christian tribes that only 20 years ago were wild and engaged in a constant head-hunting warfare.

2007 P. Boomgaard Southeast Asia 129 Headhunting raids were..associated with marriage—and therefore can be seen as rites of passage.

b. In sense 2, as headhunting agency, headhunting firm, etc.

ΚΠ

1949‘Head-hunting’ techniques [see sense 2].

1965 Fortune Sept. 236/2 Fifteen years ago there were less than a dozen ‘head-hunting’ firms of any consequence, most of them adjuncts of management-consultant operations.

1982 N.Y. Mag. 11 Jan. 6/3 This may have been true of the head-hunting business ten or fifteen years ago.

1992 R. Heffernan & M. Marqusee Defeat from Jaws of Victory viii. 230 A headhunting agency was hired to seek out suitable personnel.

2007 C. Adams Godmother (2008) xvi. 313 I..discovered another headhunting company wanted to see me.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

headhuntingadj.

Brit.

/ˈhɛdhʌntɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈhɛdˌ(h)ən(t)ɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: head n.¹, hunting adj.

Etymology: < head n.¹ + hunting adj., after headhunting n. Compare earlier headhunter n. and slightly later headhunt v.

Now chiefly historical.

Of a tribal society or tribe member: that engages in or practises headhunting (headhunting n. 1).

ΚΠ

1849 H. Melville Mardi I. xciv. 333 He made catechumens of the head-hunting Dyaks of Borneo, or the blood-bibbing Battas of Sumatra.

1884 Rajah Brooke in Pall Mall Gaz. 1 Mar. 2/1 The head-hunting Dyaks.

1912 J. London Son of Sun iv. 137 He is..a head-hunting, man-eating Talleyrand.

1951 Life 22 Oct. 61 Explorer Lewis Cotlow..had worked his way into the foothills of the Andes..to make contact with the fierce headhunting Jivaro Indians.

2003 Brit. Jrnl. Hist. Sci. 36 12 He visited the alleged headhunting tribes of Taiwanese aborigines.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	headhunting
释义	headhuntingn. Brit. /ˈhɛdhʌntɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈhɛdˌ(h)ən(t)ɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: head n.¹, hunting n. Etymology: < head n.¹ + hunting n., after headhunter n. Compare later headhunt v. 1. With reference to certain tribal societies: the action or practice of decapitating an enemy and preserving the head as a trophy, or of hunting or killing people for this purpose. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killing for specific reason > [noun] > to obtain (part of) body headhunting1817 burkism1829 burking1831 medicine murder1952 1817 T. S. Raffles Hist. Java II. x. 66 Before the Dáyas..engage in any war, head-hunting, or indeed any matter of importance, they endeavour to procure omens from..kites. 1853 H. Keppel Visit to Indian Archipel. I. 129 Some..Dyaks have..stated that they would give up head-hunting, were it not for the taunts and gibes of their wives and sweethearts. 1917 J. A. Robertson in H. M. Stephens Pacific Ocean in Hist. 180 The rapidly dying custom of headhunting of the present-day wild peoples is only..feud warfare sanctioned by religion and superstition. 1995 L. D. Kliever in S. K. Toombs et al. Chronic Illness iv. 64 In 1972 the Ilongots faced an acute problem when headhunting was outlawed by the Marcos regime. 2. Originally U.S. The action or practice of targeting people for recruitment, now esp. by identifying and approaching highly skilled or experienced personnel already employed elsewhere, and typically carried out by a recruitment agent or agency on an employer's behalf. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > labour supply > [noun] > seeking an employee headhunting1909 milk round1970 trawl1971 1909 Mahoning Disp. (Ohio) 5 Mar. 1/5 The traction company has ceased head hunting. They laid off a lot of good men. 1949 Employment Security Rev. Apr. 7 Some sugar companies..were reluctant to abandon traditional ‘head-hunting’ techniques for securing out-of-State beet labor. 1957 Wall Street Jrnl. 12 Feb. 1/6 Personnel executives describing their losses often condemn the whole procedure as ‘head-hunting’ or ‘scalp collecting’. 1966 Times 4 May 12/1 The polite word for head-hunting is the ‘search’ method of executive selection. 1984 J. Archer First among Equals xix. 223 Head-hunting seemed to be the next move. 2002 D. Goleman et al. Business: Ultimate Resource 1257/2 Headhunting..can create employee-retention problems, since a company's best staff can be tempted to leave by better job offers. Compounds General attributive. a. In sense 1, as headhunting expedition, headhunting raid, etc. ΚΠ 1824 Encycl. Brit. Suppl. III. 370/2 Those..who are desirous of entering into that state [of matrimony], form themselves into what Dr. Leyden calls head-hunting expeditions. 1841 J. Brooke Let. 10 Nov. in Private Lett. (1853) I. 131 On their piratical and head-hunting excursions, they [sc. the Dyaks] are generally accompanied by a sprinkling of Malays. 1871 London & China Tel. 13 Feb. 115/1 The..head hunting raids of the Engkias Dyaks on the Milikin tribe. 1914 Sat. Rev. 31 Jan. 147/2 The head-hunting propensities of the Dyaks and Kayans. 1922 Amer. Chamber of Commerce Jrnl. Apr. 12/3 The country is inhabited by the non-Christian tribes that only 20 years ago were wild and engaged in a constant head-hunting warfare. 2007 P. Boomgaard Southeast Asia 129 Headhunting raids were..associated with marriage—and therefore can be seen as rites of passage. b. In sense 2, as headhunting agency, headhunting firm, etc. ΚΠ 1949‘Head-hunting’ techniques [see sense 2]. 1965 Fortune Sept. 236/2 Fifteen years ago there were less than a dozen ‘head-hunting’ firms of any consequence, most of them adjuncts of management-consultant operations. 1982 N.Y. Mag. 11 Jan. 6/3 This may have been true of the head-hunting business ten or fifteen years ago. 1992 R. Heffernan & M. Marqusee Defeat from Jaws of Victory viii. 230 A headhunting agency was hired to seek out suitable personnel. 2007 C. Adams Godmother (2008) xvi. 313 I..discovered another headhunting company wanted to see me. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). headhuntingadj. Brit. /ˈhɛdhʌntɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈhɛdˌ(h)ən(t)ɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: head n.¹, hunting adj. Etymology: < head n.¹ + hunting adj., after headhunting n. Compare earlier headhunter n. and slightly later headhunt v. Now chiefly historical. Of a tribal society or tribe member: that engages in or practises headhunting (headhunting n. 1). ΚΠ 1849 H. Melville Mardi I. xciv. 333 He made catechumens of the head-hunting Dyaks of Borneo, or the blood-bibbing Battas of Sumatra. 1884 Rajah Brooke in Pall Mall Gaz. 1 Mar. 2/1 The head-hunting Dyaks. 1912 J. London Son of Sun iv. 137 He is..a head-hunting, man-eating Talleyrand. 1951 Life 22 Oct. 61 Explorer Lewis Cotlow..had worked his way into the foothills of the Andes..to make contact with the fierce headhunting Jivaro Indians. 2003 Brit. Jrnl. Hist. Sci. 36 12 He visited the alleged headhunting tribes of Taiwanese aborigines. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1817adj.1849
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