skinhead
skinhead
Definition
skin·head (-hed′)
noun
- Slang a person who is bald or whose hair has been shaved off or closely cropped
- any of a group of working-class youths, orig. in England in the 1960s, with closely cropped hair, often engaging in rowdyism
- any of a similar group of alienated youths in the U.S., Europe, etc. who variously affect a rough appearance, advocate fascist and racist policies, and engage in hostile and violent activity
skinhead
Usage Examples
Converse of subject
- attack: In one incident he was attacked by skinheads while waiting for a bus to take him to work.
Converse of object
- see: Rather than a hideously deformed creature hiding under the traffic cone, we saw an almost handsome skinhead.
- have: Would you have her wear a dress and long hair while Antigone has a skinhead, DMs and levis?
- show: The bizarre warmth Zizek shows the skinhead comports with critical theory's own irrational outbursts toward cultural studies, a breeding ground for particularization.
- tattoo: I caught the eyes of a heavily tattooed skinhead, a painted Tricolor segmenting his face, and I felt an unlikely bond.
- age: The attacker is described as a white skinhead aged in his early 20s who had some teeth missing.
Adjective modifier
- racist: There are no ' gangs of racist skinheads ' in the BNP.
- young: In the half way of the march, when we were close to the Parliament House, about 30 young skinheads attacked the parade.
- Nazi: Twenty Nazi skinheads attacked a musical group from Czechoslovakia performing in a local pub.
- white: Attack ( UK 2005 ) A white skinhead beats up some nice Black boys.
- local: Decided to get rowdy with a local French skinhead, and suddenly we were engaged in a full scale battle!
- German: To my left, a German skinhead wore a Hackett shirt with a Coventry City sticker stuck proudly across the middle.
Modifies a noun
- attack: Only racist violence and aggression ( as were the skinhead attacks on minorities in Germany ) or blatant forms of discrimination are criticized.
- movement: At its conference in November, the NPD rejected a motion calling for the party to distance itself from the skinhead movement.
- band: The only drummer he can find is from a Nazi skinhead band.
- group: John Daly thought joining a white supremacist, skinhead group would be fun.
- violence: Vivien's life becomes a chaotic mix of friendships, youth club, skinhead violence, A levels, discos and college.
- scene: We have to tell you that the French skinhead scene is sadly almost dead!
Noun used with modifier
- anti-racist: There have also been other anti-racist Skinhead groups, most notably RASH Red and Anarchist Skinheads.
- Nazi: Racism at street and community level not seen as a serious problem in the country but nazi skinheads are violent toward non-Europeans.
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