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skinhead Definition

skin·head (-hed′)

noun

  1. Slang a person who is bald or whose hair has been shaved off or closely cropped
    1. any of a group of working-class youths, orig. in England in the 1960s, with closely cropped hair, often engaging in rowdyism
    2. 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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