Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A person with a shaven head or very close cropped hair, especially one who associates with a group of similar people.
  • noun Such a person who associates with a group that commits hooliganism or street violence or that holds white supremacist or anti-immigrant views.

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  • noun Someone with a shaved head.
  • noun Member of the skinhead subculture arising in late 1960s England or its diaspora.
  • noun Someone, often associated with a violent gang, and also thought to adhere to white-supremacist or anti-immigrant principles.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun 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

Etymologies

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From skin +‎ head.

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  • Poor white dudes who shave their heads, listen to hardcore punk, fuck the police and don't like foreigners.

    June 9, 2009