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SKINHEAD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person whose head is bald or shaved
Synonyms:
baldhead; baldpate; baldy; skin; skinhead
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("skinhead" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Sense 2
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
Synonyms:
skin; skinhead
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("skinhead" is a kind of...):
bully; hooligan; roughneck; rowdy; ruffian; tough; yob; yobbo; yobo (a cruel and brutal fellow)
Holonyms ("skinhead" is a member of...):
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)
