Rughead
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Rughead is a noun meaning (US, slang, ethnic slur) A black person.
Meaning
(US, slang, ethnic slur) A black person.
Example Sentences
Rizzo opens the door and he's surrounded — I mean a sea of these kids, I'm talking about tough-looking rugheads.
[…] 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.
Huffing and puffing on arrival, he immediately emphasized that he didn't want “no rugheads” taking care of him. By “rughead,” he meant black people inclusively—male and female. This constraint would create obvious problems.
Word Forms
- rugheads
Synonyms for rughead
Depending on context, synonyms include rug.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include raghead, burrhead, redneck, snakehead, roughneck, crow.
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