The same word can mean different things to different people: "headshot" doesn't mean the same thing to actors and video game players.
Source: tatoeba (1740942)
Headshot
Synonyms for "headshot"
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Translations
24 translations across 16 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- kopskoot noun (gunshot to the head)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 大頭 /大头 noun (portrait)
- 大頭相 /大头相 noun (portrait)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 大頭照 /大头照 noun (portrait)
- 爆頭 /爆头 noun (gunshot to the head)
Dutch
1 entries- kopschot noun (gunshot to the head)
Finnish
1 entries- pääosuma noun (gunshot to the head)
French
1 entries- tir dans la tête noun (gunshot to the head)
German
1 entries- Kopfschuss noun (gunshot to the head)
Hungarian
1 entries- fejlövés noun (gunshot to the head)
Japanese
1 entries- ヘッドショット noun (gunshot to the head)
Korean
1 entries- 헤드샷 noun (gunshot to the head)
Polish
1 entries- headshot noun (gunshot to the head)
Portuguese
1 entries- tiro na cabeça m headshot noun (gunshot to the head)
Russian
2 entries- вы́стрел в голову noun (gunshot to the head)
- хэдшот noun (gunshot to the head)
Spanish
4 entries- disparo capital noun (gunshot to the head)
- ficha noun (portrait)
- foto facial noun (portrait)
- foto fisonómica noun (portrait)
Swedish
2 entries- huvudskott noun (gunshot to the head)
- porträttfoto noun (portrait)
Turkish
1 entries- headshot noun (gunshot to the head)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
In many games, a headshot is an instant kill.
Source: tatoeba (10753582)
I went home, I changed, I went to Walgreens and printed out a headshot of me and signed it ‘from your favorite local news reporter,’ and I sat in the parking lot for four hours until she said, ‘Hey, your passes to go backstage are at will-call’.
Source: wiktionary
Smelling victory amongst the gunpowder Graeme started shooting off his mouth. “True Counter-Strikers like me don’t even count kills unless they’re headshots or a knife in the back of the nut…”
Source: wiktionary
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