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rughead

rughead noun: a black person.

Noun

rughead (plural rugheads)

  1. (US, ethnic, slang, slur) A black person.
    • Rizzo opens the door and he's surrounded — I mean a sea of these kids, I'm talking about tough-looking rugheads.1993, S. A. Paolantonio, Frank Rizzo: The Last Big Man in Big City America, page 120
    • […] I don't get why you want to run around with all these rugheads anyway." I automatically sneak a look around. One of these days he's going to say something like that and some big black dude is going to be right there.2009, Bob Krech, Rebound, page 37
    Synonyms:
    rug

Synonyms of rughead

Forms of rughead

pluralrugheads

Origin of rughead

From rug + head, an allusion to curly hair.

Questions about rughead

What does rughead mean?
Rughead means a black person.
What part of speech is rughead?
Rughead is a noun.
What is the plural of rughead?
The plural of rughead is rugheads.

Words near rughead in the dictionary

  1. Ruggirellos
  2. Ruggles
  3. Ruggs
  4. ruggy
  5. Rugh
  6. rughead
  7. rugheaded
  8. rugheads
  9. Rughs
  10. Rugia
  11. Rugian

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