flattop
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5.5
- noun
- /ˈflætˌtɑp/
:
corte de pelo plano
- He is something of a throwback, with his hair in a flattop, and was dressed in Halliburton red coveralls as he drove a vanload of students to the Apache drilling site.
Examples
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He wore a tight military haircut, with just a hint of a fifties flattop.
Fiction book (2001) -
I wanted to be one hundred percent American, and after Brooklyn Dodger baseball and flattop haircuts, the blues was America.
Fiction book (1996) -
But whatever he did, wherever he went, two things remained constant: that bristling flattop and the beer.
Academic text (2001) -
Kenny admired my flattop, and I recommended my barber, across the street from his bus stop.
Fiction book (1996) -
Just a year before Woodstock, Roger still had his flattop, but he didn't look the same.
Academic text (2001) -
Several kids in baggy pants and flattops circle around me.
Fiction book (1996) -
My hairstyle had evolved from a summer-only crewcut to a flattop all year round.
Fiction book (1996) -
He is 26, handsome in a rough-hewn, Chet Baker-like way, with broad shoulders and a flattop haircut.
Fiction book (1998) -
He was the grim, sullen one with cold, wary eyes and a chip on his shoulder, his jaw set, his sleeves too short, and his hair a flattop, sharp as a bed of tacks.
Academic text (2001) -
He decided to get a flattop because he wanted a low-maintenance hairstyle.
Synonyms
132
1.0
The way a person's hair is cut and arranged
58
9.1
A very short haircut often worn by men or boys
7
3.0
A very short men's hairstyle with the hair kept very close to the head
Antonyms
How Flat
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Flattop comes from the two simple words flat 'level' and top 'highest part', because the hair on the top of the head is cut very short to make a level, flat surface. So a flattop haircut looks like a flat 'top' on the head.