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croppy look

croppy look

9.0
A style that shows only a small part of an image or uses very short hair
  • noun
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  • The artist gave her portraits a croppy look by focusing only on the subjects' faces.

Examples

  • Many modern advertisements favor a croppy look, highlighting just the central part of the image.

  • She wanted a croppy look for her new hairstyle, with short bangs and layers.

  • She loves the croppy look of her new hairstyle.

  • The artist's painting features a distinct croppy look.

  • The photographer chose a croppy look to emphasize the model's facial expressions in the campaign.

  • For his latest fashion collection, the designer embraced a croppy look with sleeveless tops and cropped jackets.

  • The new movie poster has a croppy look, showcasing only the main character against a blurred background.

Synonyms

clipped
vscroppy look
3.7

Cut neatly to make a tidy shape, like a hedge or beard

is about a shortened or truncated appearance rather than tidy trimming

Antonyms

full-length
28 3.4

Not shortened, showing the whole film or dress

How Cropped

croppy look
9.0
full-length
28 3.4

Surface Forms

croppy look singular
croppy looks plural

Morphology

croppy + look

The phrase is largely compositional: 'croppy' can be interpreted as 'having been cropped/shortened' and 'look' means appearance, so a learner who knows 'crop'/'cropped' and 'look' can infer a shortened or truncated style. However, 'croppy' is nonstandard/uncommon as an adjective form (speakers usually say 'cropped look'), so the formation may be unfamiliar and not fully predictable to a B1 learner.

Etymology

Croppy look comes from the word crop, which means to cut a photo or hair so only the centre remains. That image of something cut short helps explain why it now means a style with a 'short' or 'cut-off' appearance.