HEADHUNTING

Meaning of HEADHUNTING in English

noun the practice among some peoples of collecting the heads of dead enemies as trophies.

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HEADHUNTING — Practice of removing, displaying, and in some cases preserving human heads. Headhunting arises in some cultures from a belief in …
Английский словарь Британика
HEADHUNTING — /hed"hun'ting/ , n. 1. (among certain primitive peoples) the practice of hunting down and decapitating victims and preserving their heads …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HEADHUNTING — n. taking of human heads as trophies, scalping; recruiting of skilled employees for job positions
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HEADHUNTING — practice of removing and preserving human heads. Headhunting arises in some cultures from a belief in the existence of a …
Britannica English vocabulary
HEADHUNTING — ➡ headhunt
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HEADHUNTING — n. Practice of removing, displaying, and in some cases preserving human heads. Headhunting arises in some cultures from a belief …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
HEADHUNTING — охота за головами, скальпами (разговорное) безжалостное уничтожение или дискредитация противников - in advertising * is ferocious в рекламном деле конкурентов …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HEADHUNTING — n 1. 1> = headhunt I 1 2> разг. безжалостное уничтожение или дискредитация противников in advertising headhunting is ferocious - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HEADHUNTING — (n) безжалостное уничтожение противников; избавление от противников путем дискредитации; необоснованное увольнение с работы; охота за головами; охота за скальпами; подбор …
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
HEADHUNTING — n 1. 1) = headhunt I 1 2) разг. безжалостное уничтожение или дискредитация противников in advertising ~ is ferocious - …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
HEADHUNTING — n 1. 1> = headhunt I 1 2> разг. безжалостное уничтожение или дискредитация противников in advertising headhunting is ferocious - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HEADHUNTING — n. охота за головами; переманивание квалифицированных кадров
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HEADHUNTING — n. охота за головами; переманивание квалифицированных кадров
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
HEADHUNTING — упр. "охота за головами" See: headhunt, house-hunting
Новый англо-русский толковый словарь по менеджменту и экономике труда
HEADHUNTING — охота за головами, скальпами (разговорное) безжалостное уничтожение или дискредитация противников - in advertising * is ferocious в рекламном деле конкурентов …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CANNIBALISM — I In zoology, the eating of any animal by another member of the same species. Certain lions taking over a …
Английский словарь Британика
HEADHUNTER — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : one that practices headhunting II. noun 1. : a recruiter of personnel and especially executives 2. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HEADHUNT — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : an expedition for securing heads as trophies II. intransitive verb 1. : to kill and decapitate …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HEADHUNTER — /hed"hun'teuhr/ , n. 1. a person who engages in headhunting. 2. a personnel recruiter for a corporation or executive recruitment …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HEADHUNT — /hed"hunt'/ , n. 1. a headhunting expedition: The men left the village to go on a headhunt. v.i. 2. to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CANNIBALISM — in zoology, the eating of any animal by another member of the same species. Cannibalism frequently serves as a mechanism …
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TORADJA — group of peoples of central Celebes (Sulawesi), Indonesia. They are believed to be descendants of the invading Austronesian-speaking people that …
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SARAWAK — historic state that is now a part of Malaysia. It comprises the northwestern part of the island of Borneo and …
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NAGALAND — constituent state of India, in the northeastern corner of the country. It is bounded on the east by Myanmar (Burma), …
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MIZO — also called Lushai, or Lushei, Tibeto-Burman-speaking people numbering about 500,000. They inhabit the mountainous tract on the India-Myanmar (Burma) border …
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MISHMI — tribal people mostly of Arunachal Pradesh (formerly North East Frontier Agency) in extreme northeastern India, near Tibet and Assam, speaking …
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MEITHEI — also called Manipuri, dominant population of Manipur in northeastern India. The area was once inhabited entirely by peoples resembling such …
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JIVARO — South American Indian people living in the Montaa (the eastern slopes of the Andes), in Ecuador and Peru north of …
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GREAT — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a better/greater/deeper understanding ▪ All of this will lead to a better understanding of …
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HEADHUNT — transitive verb Also written head-hunt (Business World) To approach (a manager or other skilled employee who already has a job) …
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