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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024head•hunt•ing /ˈhɛdˌhʌntɪŋ/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Anthropology(among certain tribal peoples) the practice of cutting off and preserving the heads of enemies as trophies.
- Businessthe recruiting of executives for corporations.
head•hunt•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024head•hunt•ing (hed′hun′ting),USA pronunciation n. - Anthropology(among certain primitive peoples) the practice of hunting down and decapitating victims and preserving their heads as trophies.
- Businessthe act or practice of actively searching for new employees, esp. for professionals or executives:Every June the electronics manufacturers go headhunting among the newly graduated engineers.
- Businessthe act or practice of firing without cause, esp. someone disliked:Their periodic headhunting was a contributing factor in the company's failures.
- the act or practice of trying to destroy the power, position, or influence of one's competitors or foes:Headhunting is ferocious in advertising.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024head•hunt (hed′hunt′),USA pronunciation n. - a headhunting expedition:The men left the village to go on a headhunt.
v.i. - to engage in headhunting.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: head-hunting n - the practice among certain peoples of removing the heads of slain enemies and preserving them as trophies
- the recruitment, esp through an agency, of executives from one company to another, often rival, company
- US slang the destruction or neutralization of political opponents
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