talking head

noun

: the televised head and shoulders shot of a person talking
also : a television personality who appears in such shots

Examples of talking head in a Sentence

The debate was followed by hours of talking heads analyzing the candidates' performances.
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Their credentials for the award have been dissected and debated on TV and in the media, with talking heads looking for differentiators on season resumes without blemishes. Jeff Zrebiec, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025 Football royalty including Bill Belichick, Tony Dungy, Mike Tomlin, Urban Meyer, Roger Goodell, Sean McVay, and Tony Romo are among talking heads in new gridiron documentary The Object Of The Game. Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 17 Jan. 2025 There was that first talking head moment where Jenna calls me toxic, and then people just ran with it — toxic, toxic, toxic, toxic. Wren Sanders, Them, 16 Dec. 2024 The problem for McDonough, or any of ESPN’s talking heads who took aim at the Big Ten’s accomplishments, is the appearance of bias. David Ubben, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for talking head 

Word History

First Known Use

1964, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of talking head was in 1964

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“Talking head.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/talking%20head. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.

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