skinhead
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Definition of skinhead
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- Someone with a shaved head.
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noun
- Someone with a shaved head.
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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 all over their skulls. They dance the Reggae, a West Indian shuffle, and they drink Coca Cola and they whip up riots at soccer games.”
“By the end of the show, fights would break out all over the place: the Atlantic City skins against the crew from Philly; the oldschool skinheads feuding with overzealous fresh-cuts.”
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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.
Words you can make from skinhead
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16 words5-letter words
60 words- DHAKS 13 pts
- HIKED 13 pts
- KHADI 13 pts
- KHEDA 13 pts
- ANKHS 12 pts
- HAIKS 12 pts
- HAKES 12 pts
- HANKS 12 pts
- HIKES 12 pts
- KHANS 12 pts
- KNISH 12 pts
- NIKAH 12 pts
- SHAKE 12 pts
- SHANK 12 pts
- SHEIK 12 pts
- ASKED 10 pts
- DIKES 10 pts
- DINKS 10 pts
- INKED 10 pts
- KADIS 10 pts
- KINDA 10 pts
- KINDS 10 pts
- KNEAD 10 pts
- NAKED 10 pts
- SKIED 10 pts
- ASHED 9 pts
- DASHI 9 pts
- DEASH 9 pts
- DESHI 9 pts
- HADES 9 pts
- HANDS 9 pts
- HEADS 9 pts
- HIDES 9 pts
- HINDS 9 pts
- KAINS 9 pts
- KANES 9 pts
- KINAS 9 pts
- KINES 9 pts
- SADHE 9 pts
- SHADE 9 pts
- SHEND 9 pts
- SHIED 9 pts
- SIDHE 9 pts
- SKEAN 9 pts
- SKEIN 9 pts
- SNAKE 9 pts
- SNEAK 9 pts
- ASHEN 8 pts
- HANSE 8 pts
- SHINE 8 pts
- AIDES 6 pts
- ASIDE 6 pts
- DEANS 6 pts
- DINES 6 pts
- IDEAS 6 pts
- NIDES 6 pts
- SANED 6 pts
- SEDAN 6 pts
- SNIDE 6 pts
- ANISE 5 pts
4-letter words
92 words- DHAK 12 pts
- ANKH 11 pts
- HAIK 11 pts
- HAKE 11 pts
- HANK 11 pts
- HIKE 11 pts
- KHAN 11 pts
- KHIS 11 pts
- DAKS 9 pts
- DANK 9 pts
- DESK 9 pts
- DIKE 9 pts
- DINK 9 pts
- DISK 9 pts
- KADI 9 pts
- KIDS 9 pts
- KIND 9 pts
- SKED 9 pts
- SKID 9 pts
- AHED 8 pts
- AKIN 8 pts
- DAHS 8 pts
- DASH 8 pts
- DISH 8 pts
- EDHS 8 pts
- HADE 8 pts
- HAED 8 pts
- HAND 8 pts
- HEAD 8 pts
- HIDE 8 pts
- HIED 8 pts
- HIND 8 pts
- INKS 8 pts
- KAES 8 pts
- KAIN 8 pts
- KANE 8 pts
- KEAS 8 pts
- KENS 8 pts
- KINA 8 pts
- KINE 8 pts
- KINS 8 pts
- SAKE 8 pts
- SAKI 8 pts
- SANK 8 pts
- SHAD 8 pts
- SHED 8 pts
- SIDH 8 pts
- SIKA 8 pts
- SIKE 8 pts
- SINK 8 pts
- SKIN 8 pts
- AHIS 7 pts
- HAEN 7 pts
- HAES 7 pts
- HENS 7 pts
- HIES 7 pts
- HINS 7 pts
- HISN 7 pts
- SHEA 7 pts
- SHEN 7 pts
- SHIN 7 pts
- SINH 7 pts
- AIDE 5 pts
- AIDS 5 pts
- ANDS 5 pts
- DAIS 5 pts
- DANS 5 pts
- DEAN 5 pts
- DENI 5 pts
- DENS 5 pts
- DESI 5 pts
- DIES 5 pts
- DINE 5 pts
- DINS 5 pts
- ENDS 5 pts
- IDEA 5 pts
- IDES 5 pts
- NIDE 5 pts
- SADE 5 pts
- SADI 5 pts
- SAID 5 pts
- SAND 5 pts
- SEND 5 pts
- SIDE 5 pts
- SNED 5 pts
- AINS 4 pts
- ANES 4 pts
- ANIS 4 pts
- NAES 4 pts
- SAIN 4 pts
- SANE 4 pts
- SINE 4 pts
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