redhead
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redhead¹
- /ˈɹɛdˌhɛd/
Rhymes with -ɛdhɛd
Where it comes from
Bahuvrihi compound of red + head.
noun redheads
- A person with red hair. I like redheads. Their mouths are like a drop of strawberry jam in a glass of milk.
- A North American duck (Aythya americana) highly esteemed as a game bird.
- A kind of milkweed (Asclepia curassavica), with red flowers, formerly used in medicine.
- Chinese red-headed centipede (Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans)
- Red-headed bunting (Emberiza bruniceps).
- Red-headed titi (Callicebus regulus).
- Red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calvus).
- Red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus).
- A kind of 800-watt lamp. Most [camera crews] carry two blondes and three redheads or their equivalents. Blondes are 2000 watt lamps traditionally with yellow heads (or shells) used to light fairly large areas — also referred to as 2Ks — and redheads smaller 800 watt lamps traditionally with red shells to light faces.
Similar: Red, redhead, ginger, ginge, ging, ginger head, ginger knob, gingernut, bloodnut, carrots, carrot top, coppertop, copperhead, strawberry blonde, Bluey, ranga, redette, redpoll, fire-crotch, firebox, ginger minger, red-headed stepchild, Pippi Longstocking
Redhead²
proper noun Redheads
- A surname.
- A coastal suburb of Newcastle in the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: carrottop, aythya americana, melanerpes erythrocephalus, redheaded woodpecker, redheader, red-haired, reddish, red, vixen, ginger, redophile, redbone, ranga, rose red, rouge, raspberry
noun
Similar: Red, redhead, ginger, ginge, ging, ginger head, ginger knob, gingernut, bloodnut, carrots, carrot top, coppertop, copperhead, strawberry blonde, Bluey, ranga, redette, redpoll, fire-crotch, firebox, ginger minger, red-headed stepchild, Pippi Longstocking
Translations
Every language
noun red-haired person
| Español | pelirrojo, pelirroja, colorín, colorina |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 赤毛 akage |
| 中文 | 紅髮 /红发 hóngfā, 紅髮的人 /红发的人 hóngfā de rén |
| Português | ruivo, ruiva |
| Français | roux, rousse |
| Deutsch | Rotkopf, Rotschopf, Rothaariger, Rothaarige |
| Italiano | testarossa, pel di carota |
| Ελληνικά | κοκκινομάλλης kokkinomállis, κοκκινομάλλα kokkinomálla |
| Русский | ры́жий rýžij, ры́жая rýžaja, рыжеволо́сый ryževolósyj, рыжеволо́сая ryževolósaja |
| Tiếng Việt | người tóc đỏ |
| עברית | ג׳ינג׳י jinji, ג׳ינג׳ית, אדמוני admoni, אדמונית |
noun Aythya americana
| Français | fuligule à tête rouge |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Rotkopfente |
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