redhead
noun/ˈɹɛdˌhɛd/
Etymology Bahuvrihi compound of red + head.
9 senses
- 1A person with red hair.
- 2A North American duck (Aythya americana) highly esteemed…
- 3A kind of milkweed (Asclepia curassavica), with red…
- 4Chinese red-headed centipede (Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans)
- 5Red-headed bunting (Emberiza bruniceps).
- 6Red-headed titi (Callicebus regulus).
- 7Red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calvus).
- 8Red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus).
- 9A kind of 800-watt lamp.
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A person with red hair.
- I like redheads. Their mouths are like a drop of strawberry jam in a glass of milk.2007, Matthew Weiner, “Red in the Face”, in Mad Men, season 1, episode 7, spoken by Roger Sterling:
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A North American duck (Aythya americana) highly esteemed as a game bird.
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A kind of milkweed (Asclepia curassavica), with red flowers, formerly used in medicine.
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Chinese red-headed centipede (Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans)
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Red-headed bunting (Emberiza bruniceps).
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Red-headed titi (Callicebus regulus).
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Red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calvus).
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Informal Red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus).
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Broadcasting, Entertainment, Film, Lifestyle, Media, Television, Theater A kind of 800-watt lamp.
- 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.2012, Colin Hart, Television Program Making, page 63:
- Synonyms
- Red, redhead, ginger, ginge, ging, ginger head, ginger knob, gingernut, bloodnut, carrots, carrot top, coppertop, copperhead, strawberry blonde, Bluey, ranga, redette, redpoll, fire-crotch, firebox, ginger minger, red-headed stepchild, Pippi Longstocking
- Derived terms
- redheaded, redhead grass
- Hyponyms
- gingette