jarhead

Definition of jarheadnext
slang

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Recent Examples of jarhead Many training scenes Boots are intense: jarheads screaming, tough guys roasting each other. Nick Remsen, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2025 Mike Ferazzi lived to ride his motorcycle with his brothers, members of the Jarheads, a group of bikers comprised of, well, jarheads, Marines. Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2019 When jarhead coders wrote their own version of Doom II, putting players in landscapes that resembled the Iraqi desert and other likely theaters of battle, Vaughn played it day and night. Steve Silberman, WIRED, 1 Oct. 2002
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Noun
  • So when one man had walked towards the line, the marine on guard had pushed him back.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
  • While the women prepared to flee, Hadley texted a family friend who was a marine.
    Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
Noun
  • Bulay, a local San Dieguito Academy alum who grew up exploring in the dirt of the river park trails, has been a part of the organization for 16 years and most recently led the JPA’s interpretive education program as a senior interpretive ranger.
    Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026
  • Robin Pendery, a mountaineering ranger assigned to Alaska's Denali National Park and Preserve, died the afternoon of June 4, according to a June 5 park service news release.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 6 June 2026
Noun
  • Idaho’s prison system has nearly completed execution chamber upgrades to carry out the death penalty by firing squad as the state’s lead method and will have a team of riflemen ready to go by the time a state law takes effect this summer.
    Kevin Fixler April 29, Idaho Statesman, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Oforah was an infantry rifleman.
    Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 12 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Special commando units were also deployed to the location and carried out intelligence-gathering missions and drone operations, the other two sources said, giving Israel a valuable perch from which to see into northern Iran during the war.
    Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 5 June 2026
  • Bin Laden’s wife lunges at a commando and is shot in the leg but not killed.
    Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 1 May 2026
Noun
  • The alpha heroes of 1980s romances—ranch owners, corporate raiders, anyone played by Michael Douglas—tended to be emotionally constipated anti-feminists intent on dominating the opposite sex by using testosterone and wads of cash.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026
  • In 1983, corporate raider Carl Icahn wanted to buy oil giant Phillips 66 but didn’t have the money.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • Everything inside this zone is visible to drones, which means that any Russian truck, tank, or infantryman seeking to attack new territory is instantly identified and can easily be hit.
    Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 7 June 2026
  • Cevyn Jay Paydy, an infantryman assigned to the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 10 May 2026
Noun
  • She’s rescued by a detachment of American doughboys, led by the aforementioned Pvt.
    Ben H. Winters, New York Times, 26 July 2025
  • In this massive operation, however, Allied commanders became uncertain of the location of the doughboys of the Lost Battalion, who soon fell under attack from both enemy German artillery, as well as friendly fire from the Americans.
    Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Nov. 2023
Noun
  • On the corners are statues of an infantryman, sailor, artilleryman and cavalryman, each drawn from actual war dead.
    Bill Steiden, Des Moines Register, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The name is inspired by the Christian martyr Saint Barbara, the patron saint of artillerymen, miners, and those who work with fire or explosive materials.
    Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 13 Jan. 2026

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“Jarhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jarhead. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.

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