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jarhead

jarhead noun: a US marine.

jarhead: a US marine
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Noun

jarhead (plural jarheads)

  1. (slang) A US marine.
    Synonyms:
    devil dog

jarhead meaning in Bengali

jarhead in Bengali

মার্কিন মেরিন

Synonyms of jarhead

Forms of jarhead

pluraljarheads

Origin of jarhead

From jar + head, due to the regulation high and tight haircut of the Marines.

Questions about jarhead

What does jarhead mean?
Jarhead means a US marine.
What is jarhead in Bengali?
Jarhead in Bengali is মার্কিন মেরিন. See Jarhead meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is jarhead?
Jarhead is a noun.
What is the plural of jarhead?
The plural of jarhead is jarheads.

Words near jarhead in the dictionary

  1. jargonless
  2. jargons
  3. jargony
  4. jargoon
  5. jargoons
  6. jarhead
  7. jarheads
  8. jari
  9. Jarijah
  10. jarina
  11. jaris

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Adapted from Wiktionary: jarhead (page history and authors); jarhead (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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