"skinhead" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈskɪn.hɛd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-skinhead.wav Forms: skinheads [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪnhɛd Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kenH- Proto-Germanic *skinþąder. Middle English skyn English skin Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput- Proto-Germanic *haubudą Old English hēafod Middle English heed English head English skinhead From skin + head. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|af|skin>Q1074|head>Q23640|id=person with shaved head|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kenH- Proto-Germanic *skinþąder. Middle English skyn English skin Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput- Proto-Germanic *haubudą Old English hēafod Middle English heed English head English skinhead, {{compound|en|skin|head}} skin + head Head templates: {{en-noun}} skinhead (plural skinheads)
  1. Someone with a shaved head. Synonyms: bald person
    Sense id: en-skinhead-en-noun-en:person_with_shaved_head
  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. Synonyms: skin Translations (member of subculture): سْكِينْهِيد (skinhid) [masculine] (Arabic), սկինհեդ (skinhed) (Armenian), սափրագլուխ (sapʻraglux) (Armenian), skinhed (Azerbaijani), таҡырбаш (taqırbaş) [masculine] (Bashkir), скінхэ́д (skinxéd) [masculine] (Belarusian), скін (skin) [masculine] (Belarusian), скинхе́д (skinhéd) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 光頭黨 (Chinese Mandarin), 光头党 (guāngtóu-dǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), 光頭 (Chinese Mandarin), 光头 (guāngtóu) (Chinese Mandarin), skinheed (Estonian), skini (Finnish), skinhead (Finnish), skinhead [masculine] (French), skinhead (Galician), სკინჰედი (sḳinhedi) (Georgian), Skinhead [masculine] (German), סקינהד (Hebrew), स्किन्हेड (skinheḍ) (Hindi), szkinhed (Hungarian), bőrfejű (Hungarian), skinhead [feminine, masculine] (Italian), スキンヘッド (sukinheddo) (Japanese), スキン (sukin) (Japanese), 스킨헤드 (seukinhedeu) (Korean), skinhead [masculine] (Polish), skin [masculine] (Polish), skinio [masculine] (Polish), łysol [masculine] (Polish), łysy [masculine] (Polish), skinhead [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), скинхе́д (skinxéd) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), скин (skin) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), бритоголо́вый (britogolóvyj) [masculine] (Russian), obritoglavec [masculine] (Slovene), skinhead [common-gender] (Swedish), skinnskalle [common-gender] (Swedish), скинхед (skinxed) (Tajik), สกินเฮด (sà-gin-hâyt) (Thai), скінхе́д (skinxéd) [feminine, masculine] (Ukrainian), скін (skin) [feminine, masculine] (Ukrainian), gã đầu trọc (Vietnamese)
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          "word": "სკინჰედი"
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    "Terms with Bashkir translations",
    "Terms with Belarusian translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Estonian translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Hindi translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Slovene translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Tajik translations",
    "Terms with Thai translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
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      "roman": "skinhid",
      "sense": "member of subculture",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "سْكِينْهِيد"
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      "roman": "skinhed",
      "sense": "member of subculture",
      "word": "սկինհեդ"
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      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "sapʻraglux",
      "sense": "member of subculture",
      "word": "սափրագլուխ"
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      "sense": "member of subculture",
      "word": "skinhed"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "skinhéd",
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      "word": "скинхе́д"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "member of subculture",
      "word": "光頭黨"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guāngtóu-dǎng",
      "sense": "member of subculture",
      "word": "光头党"
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      "sense": "member of subculture",
      "word": "skinheed"
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      "sense": "member of subculture",
      "word": "skini"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "member of subculture",
      "word": "skinhead"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "member of subculture",
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      "word": "skinhead"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "member of subculture",
      "word": "skinhead"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sḳinhedi",
      "sense": "member of subculture",
      "word": "სკინჰედი"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "member of subculture",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Skinhead"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "member of subculture",
      "word": "סקינהד"
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "skinheḍ",
      "sense": "member of subculture",
      "word": "स्किन्हेड"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "member of subculture",
      "word": "szkinhed"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "member of subculture",
      "word": "bőrfejű"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "member of subculture",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "skinhead"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "sukinheddo",
      "sense": "member of subculture",
      "word": "スキンヘッド"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sukin",
      "sense": "member of subculture",
      "word": "スキン"
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    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seukinhedeu",
      "sense": "member of subculture",
      "word": "스킨헤드"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "member of subculture",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "skinhead"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "member of subculture",
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      "sense": "member of subculture",
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      "word": "skinio"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "member of subculture",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "łysol"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "member of subculture",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "łysy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "member of subculture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
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      "word": "skinhead"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skinxéd",
      "sense": "member of subculture",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "скинхе́д"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skin",
      "sense": "member of subculture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
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      "word": "скин"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "britogolóvyj",
      "sense": "member of subculture",
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      "word": "бритоголо́вый"
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "member of subculture",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "obritoglavec"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "member of subculture",
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      "word": "skinhead"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "member of subculture",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "skinnskalle"
    },
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      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "skinxed",
      "sense": "member of subculture",
      "word": "скинхед"
    },
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sà-gin-hâyt",
      "sense": "member of subculture",
      "word": "สกินเฮด"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "skinxéd",
      "sense": "member of subculture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "скінхе́д"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "skin",
      "sense": "member of subculture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "скін"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "member of subculture",
      "word": "gã đầu trọc"
    }
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    "skinhead"
  ],
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}

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