Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rughead

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: rug-head
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A black person.

American usage; Slang

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."

Etymology

From rug + head, an allusion to curly hair.

Usage

American usage
Slang

Inflected Forms

rugheads (plural)

Synonyms

rug

Questions

What does rughead mean?: A black person.
Where does rughead come from?: From rug + head, an allusion to curly hair.

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