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talking heads

talking heads is the plural of talking head.

Meaning of talking head

Noun

talking head (plural talking heads)

  1. (also, attributive, idiomatic) A journalist or pundit, especially one on television, who presents or discusses issues of the day.
    • Early TV newscasts consisted largely of "talking heads"—a reporter reading news bulletins or interviewing prominent politicians—but maps were frequently employed as visual aids, particularly for war news.1989, Mark [Stephen] Monmonier, “Maps in the Electronic Media”, in Maps with the News: The Development of American Journalistic Cartography, Chicago, Ill.; London: University of Chicago Press, →ISBN...

Questions about talking heads

What is talking heads the plural of?
Talking heads is the plural of talking head.

Words near talking heads in the dictionary

  1. talking everything
  2. talking fast and loose
  3. talking film
  4. talking films
  5. talking head
  6. talking heads
  7. talking in circles
  8. talking into
  9. talking like a book
  10. talking like an apothecary
  11. talking movie

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