Meaning

2 senses
  1. Someone with a shaved head.

    a person whose head is bald or shaved

  2. 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.

    Skinhead

    скинхе́дskinxéd, скинskin, бритоголо́выйbritogolóvyj

    скінхе́дskinxéd, скінskin

    a member of any of several British or American groups consisting predominantly of young people who shave their heads; some engage in white supremacist and anti-immigrant activities and this leads to the perception that all skinheads are racist and violent

Examples

6 sentences
  1. A group of skinheads beat Tom to death.

    ruГруппа скинхедов избила Тома до смерти. — Wezel

  2. Sami was murdered by a skinhead.

    ruСами убил скинхед. — odexed

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  3. A skinhead snatched her hijab off.

  4. Layla received threats from a skinhead movement.

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  5. A group of skinheads gathered near the mosque.

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
member of subculture:
Русский
By meaning 1
member of subculture:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
member of subculture:

Origin

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Forms

plural: skinheads
Singularskinhead
Pluralskinheads

regular

Synonyms

12 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a member of any of several British or American groups consisting predominantly of young people who shave their heads; some engage in white supremacist and anti-immigrant activities and this leads to the perception that all skinheads are racist and violent:skin
  • a person whose head is bald or shaved:baldheadbaldpatebaldyskin

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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