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Noun: skinhead  'skin,hed
  1. 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 [informal]
     
  2. A person whose head is bald or shaved
    - baldhead, baldpate, baldy [informal], skin [informal], baldie [informal]

Derived forms: skinheads

Type of: bully, hooligan, individual, mortal, ned [UK, informal], person, roughneck [informal], rowdy, ruffian, scally [UK, informal], somebody, someone, soul, tough [informal], yob [Brit, informal], yobbo [Brit, informal], yobo [Brit, informal]

Part of: bootboys, skinheads

Encyclopedia: Skinhead