Head and shoulders - English meaning

adjective

Designating a portrait, likeness, photograph, etc., in which only the head and shoulders are shown.

adjective

Designating a target resembling or representing a person's head and shoulders.

adjective

Designating a graph of a financial market which plots price against time and resembles the shape of a person's head and shoulders (with the head as the summit and the shoulders the lower peaks on either side); designating a pattern or trend in a market which may be represented in this way.

noun

A head-and-shoulders portrait or likeness.

noun

A head-and-shoulders pattern, trend, or graph.

adjective

Designating a portrait, likeness, photograph, etc., in which only the head and shoulders are shown.

adjective

Designating a target resembling or representing a person's head and shoulders.

adjective

Designating a graph of a financial market which plots price against time and resembles the shape of a person's head and shoulders (with the head as the summit and the shoulders the lower peaks on either side); designating a pattern or trend in a market which may be represented in this way.

noun

A head-and-shoulders portrait or likeness.

noun

A head-and-shoulders pattern, trend, or graph.

adjective

Designating a portrait, likeness, photograph, etc., in which only the head and shoulders are shown.

adjective

Designating a target resembling or representing a person's head and shoulders.

adjective

Designating a graph of a financial market which plots price against time and resembles the shape of a person's head and shoulders (with the head as the summit and the shoulders the lower peaks on either side); designating a pattern or trend in a market which may be represented in this way.

noun

A head-and-shoulders portrait or likeness.

noun

A head-and-shoulders pattern, trend, or graph.

adjective

Designating a portrait, likeness, photograph, etc., in which only the head and shoulders are shown.

adjective

Designating a target resembling or representing a person's head and shoulders.

adjective

Designating a graph of a financial market which plots price against time and resembles the shape of a person's head and shoulders (with the head as the summit and the shoulders the lower peaks on either side); designating a pattern or trend in a market which may be represented in this way.

noun

A head-and-shoulders portrait or likeness.

noun

A head-and-shoulders pattern, trend, or graph.

idiom

Much better than other people or things

Usage examples:

Natasha is head and shoulders above the other dancers in her age group.