skinhead
pronunciation
How to pronounce skinhead in British English:
UK [ˈskɪnhed]
How to pronounce skinhead in American English:
US [ˈskɪnˌhɛd]
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- Noun:
- a young person who belongs to a British or American group that shave their heads and gather at rock concerts or engage in white supremacist demonstrations
Word Origin
- skinhead (n.)
- 1969, in U.K. youth gang sense, from skin (n.) + head (n.). Earlier, in U.S., it meant "man with a crew cut" (1953), especially a military recruit.
Example
- 1. So , what are you , some nazi skinhead now ?
- 2. But the only good skinhead is a dead one !
- 3. It is rare for an ex-neo-nazi skinhead to sit down with a couple of former islamist extremists and someone who was once a member of a violent street gang .
- 4. How 's my little skinhead ?
- 5. You 're the skinhead .