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skin·head

(skĭn′hĕd′)

1. A person with a shaven head or very close cropped hair, especially one who associates with a group of similar people.

2. Such a person who associates with a group that commits hooliganism or street violence or that holds white supremacist or anti-immigrant views.

skinhead

(ˈskɪnˌhɛd)

1. a youth with closely cropped hair, esp a member of a subculture noted for short hair, heavy boots, and functional clothing, and commonly associated with aggressive behaviour and extreme, typically far-right, politics

2. (Hairdressing & Grooming) a closely cropped hairstyle

skin•head

(ˈskɪnˌhɛd)

n. Slang.

1. a person with a bald or shaved head or closely cropped hair.

2. an antisocial person who affects a hairless head as a symbol of rebellion, racism, or anarchy.

[1955–60]

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Noun

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

skinhead

skinhed

bõrfejû

skinhead

スキンヘッド

스킨헤드족

obritoglavec

skinhead

คนที่โกนผมหัวล้าน

dazlak kafa

đầu trọc

理平头的男人

skinhead

[ˈskɪnhed] N → cabeza mf rapada

skinhead

[ˈskɪnhɛd] n → skinhead mf

skinhead

[ˈskɪnˌhɛd] n → testa rasata, skinhead m/f

skinhead

→ حَلِّيقُ الرَّأس skinhead skinhead Skinhead σκίνχεντ cabeza rapada skinhead skin skinhed skinhead スキンヘッド 스킨헤드족 skinhead shinhead skin skinhead бритоголовый skinhead คนที่โกนผมหัวล้าน dazlak kafa đầu trọc 理平头的男人

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But whatever the semiotic content of the skinhead "look"--and however subjectively important notions of skinhead as "a way of life" may be to its adherents--being a skinhead is, at the most basic level, a matter of adopting a certain outward appearance.

Subcultures, pop music and politics: skinheads and "Nazi rock" in England and Germany

In this case the job is finding the black man who is shooting skinhead bigots.

A Cold Rain in Berlin

Obambi had fought back in self defence and injured one of the seven skinheads who attacked him in the street only for the injured skinhead to rush to the police to file charges against him.

Russia: attacks on foreigners on the rise; "We will kill all foreigners, Russia is for Russians", shout skinheads who appear to have licence to roam, maim and kill. Nassor Ali reports on the harrowing experience of Africans and Asians in Russia

Unlike her original article, which focused on the murder to draw out the history and sociology of the skinhead movement, Langer's narrative here is centered on the civil trial that aimed to hold a California-based white power group--the White Aryan Resistance (WAR)--and its leader responsible for the death of the Portland man.

The Believers

During a 7-year FBI investigation of skinhead groups in Southern California between 1992 and 1999, specific patterns emerged.

The seven-stage hate model: the psychopathology of hate groups

The authorities told the Japanese Consulate General in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on Monday they believe about 30 members of the skinhead group from Moscow arrived in the Sakhalin capital the previous day for a gathering aimed at attacking foreigners, the officials said.

Russia warns Japanese, foreigners of skinheads in Sakhalin

35) The search of Gerard's houseboat uncovered computerized files on thousands of Arab Americans, 36 Arab organizations, 33 anti-apartheid organizations, 412 "pinko" organizations, 349 right-wing organizations, and 35 skinhead groups.

The aftermath of September 11, 2001: The targeting of Arabs and Muslims in America

For this book, sociologist Kathleen Blee interviewed thirty-four women from the Klan, the Christian Identity movements, and neo-Nazi skinhead groups.

Inside Organized Racism: Women in the Hate Movement

Frank recalls: "There were these skinhead guys on the platform at Stratford station using all kinds of filthy racist language trying to start a row with me.

I SAVED FRANK BRUNO; The amazing friendship of a boxing legend and a convicted hooligan Racist thugs fled in fear... years later champ said thanks by re-uniting me with long-lost dad

Cooper recalls that police in Denver were puzzled by a killing involving a neo-Nazi skinhead.

Internet Hate Sites

A muscular skinhead, a burly foot-baller, a bookish woman with a red purse singing from The Faerie Queen, and a self-possessed transvestite are just some of the characters who climb, skate, scream, dress and undress, brawl, caress, and show off in an endless stream of loosely related action.

La Tristeza Complice

She explained that the real goal of the anarchist who had planned the gathering--formerly known as Dan Tranquility but now just called Dan--is to turn the skinhead movement in a Red-anarchist direction instead of a fascist-racist direction, which led me to wonder what all the skinheads really have in common anyway.