1. 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
   "Not all skinheads subscribed to racist ideologies";
   - bootboys [UK]

1. A member of any of several British or American groups consisting predominantly of young people who shave their heads; some engage in white supremacist and anti-immigrant activities and this leads to the perception that all skinheads are racist and violent
   "Not all skinheads subscribe to racist ideologies, but the stereotype persists";
   - skin [informal]
    
2. A person whose head is bald or shaved
   "The skinhead wore heavy boots and a leather jacket";
   - baldhead [informal], baldpate, baldy [informal], skin [informal], baldie [informal]

Type of: actor, bully, doer, hooligan, ned [UK, informal], roughneck [informal], rowdy, ruffian, scally [UK, informal], tough [informal], worker, yob [Brit, informal], yobbo [Brit, informal], yobo [Brit, informal], youth subculture

Encyclopedia: Skinheads