English noun: skinheads | |||
1. | skinheads (group) a youth subculture that appeared first in England in the late 1960s as a working-class reaction to the hippies; hair was cropped close to the scalp; wore work-shirts and short jeans (supported by suspenders) and heavy red boots; involved in attacks against Asians and football hooliganism | ||
Synonyms | bootboys | ||
Broader (hypernym) | youth subculture | ||
Member holonym | skinhead | ||