metalhead

noun

met·​al·​head ˈme-tᵊl-ˌhed How to pronounce metalhead (audio)
: a fan or performer of heavy metal

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Diplomatic appointments do not usually excite the world’s metalheads. Ephrat Livni, New York Times, 21 May 2025 Quinn plays the metalhead Eddie Munson on Stranger Things, which landed him a chance to jam with Metallica in 2022. Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 1 Apr. 2025 Plenty of Phish-heads may be annoying, but so are plenty of Deadheads, metalheads, hip-hop heads, yacht-rock ironists, Springsteen fanatics. Will Hermes, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2025 The fang gang present themselves as yearning European folk enthusiasts and later as jigging fiends and sometime metalheads. Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for metalhead

Word History

Etymology

metal entry 1(sense 6) + head entry 1(sense 20b)

First Known Use

1982, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of metalhead was in 1982

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“Metalhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/metalhead. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.

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