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chucky haircut

chucky haircut

9.2
Hair that is cut roughly and looks uneven and messy
  • noun
  • Informal
translation icon : corte desparejo
  • He was embarrassed by his chucky haircut after trying to trim it himself.

Examples

  • Everyone at school noticed her chucky haircut and asked if she needed help fixing it.

  • After the dog chewed on his hair, he ended up with a rather chucky haircut.

  • I love your new chucky haircut!

  • She got a chucky haircut that looks really fun.

  • After the dog chewed on his hair, he ended up with a rather chucky haircut.

  • Everyone at school noticed her chucky haircut and asked if she needed help fixing it.

  • He was embarrassed by his chucky haircut after trying to trim it himself.

Synonyms

scratty hair
vschucky haircut
  • UK
8.0

Hair that looks messy and untidy because it is not brushed

has an uneven rough appearance that shows poor professional finish

Antonyms

clean-cut
13 3.8

Having a neat, smart look and tidy clothes

How Messy

chucky haircut
  • Informal
9.2
haircut
132 1.0

Surface Forms

chucky haircut singular
chucky haircuts plural

Morphology

chucky + haircut

The modifier 'chucky' has no clear dictionary meaning here and does not transparently contribute a predictable semantic value to 'haircut', so a B1 learner knowing the constituents would not infer 'uneven or roughly cut' from them. This looks like slang, a name-based label, or a noncompositional coinage, so the overall meaning is not derivable without prior exposure.

Etymology

Chucky haircut may come from the picture of hair cut into rough chunks, as if someone snipped big, uneven pieces. That's why chucky haircut now means a 'messy' or 'uneven' haircut.