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younghead

younghead noun: younghood, youth.

Noun (1)

younghead (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Younghood, youth.

Noun (2)

younghead (plural youngheads)

  1. (rare, slang) A young person; a teenager.
    • I know I'm too much of a younghead to have seen all the famous shows, but jeez...1991 September 30, Derek LeLash, “Dead in NH”, in rec.music.gdead (Usenet)
    • For the youngheads out there, the HipHopHeads, the ones still reppin' they block no matter what, the ones rejecting stereotypes of the hood as pure pathology, the ones not marketing the hood for white-rebellious-fantasies-of-bein'-down, the ones still street-conscious even when you ain't in the...2008, Todd Craig, Tor'cha, page iv

Antonyms of younghead

Forms of younghead

alternative formyounghede
pluralyoungheads
alternative formyoung head

Origin of younghead

From Middle English yonghede, ȝonghede, equivalent to young + -head.

From young + -head.

Questions about younghead

What does younghead mean?
Younghead means younghood, youth.
What part of speech is younghead?
Younghead is a noun.
What is the plural of younghead?
The plural of younghead is youngheads.

Words near younghead in the dictionary

  1. youngers
  2. youngest
  3. youngests
  4. youngfolk
  5. youngfolks
  6. younghead
  7. youngheads
  8. younghede
  9. younghood
  10. Younghusband
  11. Younghusbands

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