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playhead

playhead noun: a scrolling line displayed during audio playback (as in a digital audio workstation) indicating the exact point in the audio that is currently being played.

Noun

playhead (plural playheads)

  1. A scrolling line displayed during audio playback (as in a digital audio workstation) indicating the exact point in the audio that is currently being played.

playhead meaning in Kannada

playhead in Kannada

ಪ್ಲೇಹೆಡ್

Forms of playhead

pluralplayheads

Origin of playhead

From play + head.

Questions about playhead

What does playhead mean?
Playhead means a scrolling line displayed during audio playback (as in a digital audio workstation) indicating the exact point in the audio that is currently being played.
What is playhead in Kannada?
Playhead in Kannada is ಪ್ಲೇಹೆಡ್. See Playhead meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is playhead?
Playhead is a noun.
What is the plural of playhead?
The plural of playhead is playheads.

Words near playhead in the dictionary

  1. playgrounds
  2. playgroup
  3. playgrouper
  4. playgroupers
  5. playgroups
  6. playhead
  7. playheads
  8. playhouse
  9. playhouses
  10. playin
  11. playin'

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Adapted from Wiktionary: playhead (page history and authors); playhead (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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