Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zipperhead

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
zip-per-head
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A soldier in the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps or in the Armoured Crewman military trade.

Canadian usage; Slang

noun

A person of East Asian descent.

American usage; Derogatory; Offensive; Slang

Etymology

From zipper + head, in reference to the leather helmets used by early Canadian armoured crewmen, which had zipper-like stitching.

Usage

Inflected Forms

zipperheads (plural)

Synonyms

trooper crewman tanker armoured crewman armoured soldier tread-head treadhead almond eyes chicken lips dink gook slant eye

Questions

What does zipperhead mean?
A soldier in the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps or in the Armoured Crewman military trade.
Where does zipperhead come from?
From zipper + head, in reference to the leather helmets used by early Canadian armoured crewmen, which had zipper-like stitching.

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