dreadlock
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- noun
- /ˈdrɛdˌlɑk/
:
rasta
- Veronica, 39, is a pretty woman with a mass of dreadlocks who lives across the street from me.
I'm the weirdest dreadlock black guy on the planet.
- I'm the weirdest dreadlock black guy on the planet.
Examples
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Rockstone quickly became a national style icon for youth wearing loose dreadlocks, Timberland boots, and baggy military fatigues.
Academic text (2009) -
A guy in dreadlocks walks past, bouncing on the balls of his bare feet.
Fiction book (2002) -
You even got that dreadlock thing going for you.
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Our kids would look really great in dreadlocks, too.
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I'm getting dreadlocks put in.
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His collar was turned up, and his dreadlocks spilled over and around it like vines.
Fiction book (1993) -
At the pier, a gold-toothed man, his face tiny within a tangle of dreadlocks, pushes Rasta caps and balsa carvings.
Fiction book (2002) -
Dunn's chihuahualike pate sported an astounding toupee of scraggly dreadlocks hanging down his back.
Fiction book (2001) -
Our kids would look really great in dreadlocks, too.
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His collar was turned up, and his dreadlocks spilled over and around it like vines.
Synonyms
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A hairstyle of long hair twisted into rope-like strands
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Etymology
Dreadlock comes from the parts dread ('fear' or deep respect) and lock ('a piece of hair'). That's why dreadlocks are long, rope-like strands of matted hair that often show cultural or spiritual identity.