"head-hunt" meaning in All languages combined

See head-hunt on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: head-hunts [present, singular, third-person], head-hunting [participle, present], head-hunted [participle, past], head-hunted [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|head-hunts|head-hunting|head-hunted}} head-hunt (third-person singular simple present head-hunts, present participle head-hunting, simple past and past participle head-hunted)
  1. Alternative form of headhunt. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: headhunt
    Sense id: en-head-hunt-en-verb-Zn-UTW3P Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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