Redhead

Quick meaning: Redhead is a noun meaning A person with red hair.

Meaning

A person with red hair.

More Meanings

1. A North American duck (Aythya americana) highly esteemed as a game bird.
2. A kind of milkweed (Asclepia curassavica), with red flowers, formerly used in medicine.
3. Chinese red-headed centipede (Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans)
4. Red-headed bunting (Emberiza bruniceps).
5. Red-headed titi (Callicebus regulus).
6. Red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calvus).
7. (informal) Red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus).

Example Sentences

I like redheads. Their mouths are like a drop of strawberry jam in a glass of milk.

Most [camera crews] carry two blondes and three redheads or their equivalents. Blondes are 2000 watt lamps traditionally with yellow heads (or shells) used to light fairly large areas — also referred to as 2Ks — and redheads smaller 800 watt lamps traditionally with red shells to light faces.

Word Forms

• redheads

Synonyms for redhead

Depending on context, synonyms include Red, ginger, ginge, ging, gingernut, bloodnut.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include carrottop, red-haired, red, ginger, redophile, redbone.

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