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skinhead

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skin·head  (sknhd)
n. Slang
1. A person with a shaven head.
2. A member of any of various groups of people, especially young people, who shave their heads and sometimes participate in white-supremacist and anti-immigrant activities.

skinhead
Noun
1. a member of a group of White youths, noted for their closely cropped hair, aggressive behaviour, and overt racism
2. a closely cropped hairstyle
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.skinhead - 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
bootboys, skinheads - a youth subculture that appeared first in England in the late 1960s as a working-class reaction to the hippies; hair was cropped close to the scalp; wore work-shirts and short jeans (supported by suspenders) and heavy red boots; involved in attacks against Asians and football hooliganism
bully, hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, yob, yobbo, yobo, tough - a cruel and brutal fellow
Translations
skinhead [ˈskɪnhɛd] ncabeza m/f rapada; skin(head) m/f
skinhead [ˈskɪnhɛd] skin nskinhead m
skinhead [ˈskɪnhɛd] skin nSkinhead m
skinhead [ˈskɪnhɛd] nskinhead m/f inv


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