noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/ˈskɪn.hɛd/
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rhymes with -ɪnhɛd
CMU ARPABET:S K IH1 N HH EH2 D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Someone with a shaved head.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: skin
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
a young person who belongs to a British or American group that shave their heads and gather at rock concerts or engage in white supremacist demonstrations
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kenH- Proto-Germanic *skinþąder. Middle English skyn English skin substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Germanic *haubudą Old English hēafod Middle English heed English head English skinhead From skin + head.
Across languages
Translations
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
سْكِينْهِيد
(skinhid)
— member of subculture
Armenian:
սկինհեդ
(skinhed)
— member of subculture
Armenian:
սափրագլուխ
(sapʻraglux)
— member of subculture
Azerbaijani:
skinhed
— member of subculture
Bashkir:
таҡырбаш
(taqırbaş)
— member of subculture
Belarusian:
скінхэ́д
(skinxéd)
— member of subculture
Belarusian:
скін
(skin)
— member of subculture
Bulgarian:
скинхе́д
(skinhéd)
— member of subculture
Chinese Mandarin:
光頭黨 /光头党
(guāngtóu-dǎng)
— member of subculture
Chinese Mandarin:
光頭 /光头
(guāngtóu)
— member of subculture
Estonian:
skinheed
— member of subculture
Finnish:
skini
— member of subculture
Finnish:
skinhead
— member of subculture
French:
skinhead
— member of subculture
Galician:
skinhead
— member of subculture
Georgian:
სკინჰედი
(sḳinhedi)
— member of subculture
German:
Skinhead
— member of subculture
Hebrew:
סקינהד
— member of subculture
Hindi:
स्किन्हेड
(skinheḍ)
— member of subculture
Hungarian:
szkinhed
— member of subculture
Hungarian:
bőrfejű
— member of subculture
Italian:
skinhead
— member of subculture
Japanese:
スキンヘッド
(sukinheddo)
— member of subculture
Japanese:
スキン
(sukin)
— member of subculture
Korean:
스킨헤드
(seukinhedeu)
— member of subculture
Polish:
skinhead
— member of subculture
Polish:
skin
— member of subculture
Polish:
skinio
— member of subculture
Polish:
łysol
— member of subculture
Polish:
łysy
— member of subculture
Portuguese:
skinhead
— member of subculture
Russian:
скинхе́д
(skinxéd)
— member of subculture
Russian:
скин
(skin)
— member of subculture
Russian:
бритоголо́вый
(britogolóvyj)
— member of subculture
Slovak:
skinhed
— member of subculture
Slovak:
skín
— member of subculture
Slovene:
obritoglavec
— member of subculture
Swedish:
skinhead
— member of subculture
Swedish:
skinnskalle
— member of subculture
Tajik:
скинхед
(skinxed)
— member of subculture
Thai:
สกินเฮด
(sà-gin-hâyt)
— member of subculture
Ukrainian:
скінхе́д
(skinxéd)
— member of subculture
