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HAIRCUT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of cutting the hair

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("haircut" is a kind of...):

cut; cutting; cutting off (the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The style in which hair has been cut

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("haircut" is a kind of...):

coif; coiffure; hair style; hairdo; hairstyle (the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "haircut"):

brush cut (a short haircut with hairs standing up like a brush)

butch; crew cut; flattop (a closely cropped haircut; usually for men or boys)

mohawk; mohawk haircut (haircut in which the head is shaved except for a band of hair down the middle of the scalp)

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