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skinhead

/ˈskɪn.hɛd/

Rhymes with -ɪnhɛd

noun skinheads

Someone with a shaved head.
Similar: baldhead, baldie, baldy, Baldilocks, baldpate, chrome dome, cue ball, follicly challenged, egghead, slaphead, Mr. Clean
A member of a subculture that arose among working-class youth in late 1960s England or its diaspora, defined by close-cropped or shaven heads and working-class clothing, and often associated with violence and white-supremacist or anti-immigrant principles. Their rules haven't changed: Skinheads are very young, mostly between the ages of 13 and 18, and they come from strictly working class backgrounds. They wear short‐ankled denims, T‐shirts, suspenders and heavy boots known as Bovverboots (Botherboots), and their hair is shorn to an eighth of an inch
Similar: skin

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noun member of subculture

한국어	스킨헤드 seukinhedeu
日本語	スキンヘッド sukinheddo, スキン sukin
中文	光頭黨 /光头党 guāngtóu-dǎng, 光頭 /光头 guāngtóu
हिन्दी	स्किन्हेड skinheḍ
Português	skinhead
Français	skinhead
Deutsch	Skinhead
Italiano	skinhead
Русский	скинхе́д skinxéd, скин skin, бритоголо́вый britogolóvyj
Tiếng Việt	gã đầu trọc
العربية	سْكِينْهِيد skinhid
עברית	סקינהד

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@misc{skinhead_2026,
  title = {skinhead},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/skinhead},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}