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metalhead

metalhead noun: someone who listens to or is a fan of heavy metal music.

Noun

metalhead (plural metalheads)

  1. (informal) Someone who listens to or is a fan of heavy metal music.
    Synonyms:
    headbanger, metaller
  2. (derogatory, humorous, rare) A robot.
    • Why don't we send some Cogs over to stop her! She can't cast the spell with those metalheads around!1996 August 2, Elizabeth J. Dedman, “The Last Coin- part 26”, in alt.fan.power-rangers (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Aug 2026
    • łNooooooooo!˛ Adam yelled frustratively as he saw the gateway closed. He turned his attention to the remaining Cogs. łOkay, you metalheads! Where did Sprocket take Billy?˛1997 January 23, Kat, “NEW FANFIC: Billy Pt 2”, in alt.fan.power-rangers (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Aug 2026

Examples of metalhead in a sentence

  • I wished they did more stuff like that and less stuff with the large stupid metalheads intoning "by your command" before dying in a dogfight rerun...1997 February 14, William Edward Woody, “This week's BORG Episode on VOYAGER”, in rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated (Usenet), archived from...
  • Not that we've made all that much progress in intelligent amiable ambulatory metalheads anyway.2003 September 28, The Ghost In The Machine, “Nasa's list of emerging physics : ( Vacuum Energy )”, in sci.physics (Usenet), archived from...

Synonyms of metalhead

Forms of metalhead

pluralmetalheads

Origin of metalhead

From metal + -head.

Questions about metalhead

What does metalhead mean?
Metalhead means someone who listens to or is a fan of heavy metal music.
How do you use metalhead in a sentence?
I wished they did more stuff like that and less stuff with the large stupid metalheads intoning "by your command" before dying in a dogfight rerun...
What part of speech is metalhead?
Metalhead is a noun.
What is the plural of metalhead?
The plural of metalhead is metalheads.

Words near metalhead in the dictionary

  1. metalexicography
  2. metalformer
  3. metalformers
  4. metalforming
  5. metalgaze
  6. metalhead
  7. metalheads
  8. metalibrigenal
  9. metalicities
  10. metalicity
  11. metalide

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