Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A machine for shaping and leveling the heads of barrels.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Someone or something that
catches the eye , thelooks of whom/which causes people tolook much.
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Examples
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Joining Terrence Howard for the prosecution: former Law & Order head-turner Alana de la Garza.
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A natural head-turner even when her sad eyes reveal a frazzled and exhausted soul, Fiona is den mother, protector and defender of her clan, and even of her impossible dad.
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Neither is a head-turner: WhiteSmoke, with a history of net losses and negative cash flow, makes English grammar and spellcheck software.
Energy Firms Light Way for Zynga Lynn Cowan 2011
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Sounds like a mid-life crisis brewing, and how better to act upon it than with a head-turner like Megan.
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DIAGNOSIS ESCAPISM: USA Network's soufflé of a medical dramedy, Royal Pains 10/9c, resumes its third season of endless summer in the aftermath of Divya's potentially fatal prescription to diabetic head-turner/guest patient Wilmer Valderrama.
Wednesday TV in Review: Mistresses, CSI, Royal Pains - And Idol's Back! 2012
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Jack Nerad, editorial director of Kelley Blue Book, said it has the potential to be a new head-turner for Chrysler.
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The sight and sound of Clinton going solo in the White House briefing room, as Obama slipped away to a holiday party, was certainly a head-turner on a slow Friday afternoon.
Lights, camera, Clinton Dan Balz 2010
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The sight and sound of Clinton going solo in the White House briefing room, as Obama slipped away to a holiday party, was certainly a head-turner on a slow Friday afternoon.
Bill Clinton takes the White House stage, again Dan Balz 2010
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Here's a head-turner for you: The wireless analysts at NPD Group are claiming that in the first three months of 2010, Google's Android OS managed to squeak past the iPhone in total number of smartphones sold, marking what NPD calls a shift in the market.
Android Phones Outsold iPhone In U.S. Last Quarter: Analyst 2010
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Love it or hate it, the Cruiser was a head-turner.
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