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haircut

haircut

132 1.0
The way a person's hair is cut and arranged
  • noun
  • /ˈhɛrˌkʌt/
translation icon : corte de pelo
  • People came from miles around for one of my haircuts.
  • short haircut

By which time this haircut might be in style.

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Examples

  • After getting a fresh haircut, he felt more confident about his appearance.

  • I kept asking our son, hey, you want to get a haircut before school?

  • All I care about is, are you happy with your haircut?

  • Two young men with close, neat haircuts were in the second car.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • I like his haircut.

  • Hey, Tim, nice haircut!

  • She decided to change her style with a trendy new haircut for the summer.

  • Many people prefer to update their haircut before special events like weddings.

Synonyms

hairstyle
vshaircut
53 1.4

A way of cutting and arranging hair to change your look

is the neutral term for the way hair is shaped and arranged
hairdo
vshaircut
50 2.9

A way of cutting and arranging someone's hair

is the everyday neutral term for hair shape and arrangement
doo
vshaircut
  • UK
28 9.5

A person's hairstyle that is noticeable or fashionable

is the neutral formal word rather than a casual slang name
coiffure
vshaircut
2 8.1

A hairstyle arranged by a hairdresser

is a general term not limited to professional styling
coif
vshaircut
  • Archaic
2 7.9

A woman's hairstyle arranged to look neat or fancy

is neutral and applies to any person's hair arrangement
hair style
vshaircut
1.9

A way of cutting or arranging hair to change your look

is a general label rather than a fashion statement

Compounds

A hairstyle with shaved sides and a strip of long hair down the middle

chucky haircut
  • Informal
9.2

Hair that is cut roughly and looks uneven and messy

9.9

A hairstyle seen as old-fashioned and linked to recent immigrants

manager haircut
  • Offensive
8.4

A short, sharp women's haircut often seen on people who insist on speaking to the person in charge

Karen haircut
  • Offensive
8.9

A short angled haircut with layers and highlights often linked to women seen as demanding

How Short

shaved
1 1.0
haircut
132 1.0
bob
4 3.8
long-haired
13 1.9

Surface Forms

haircut singular
haircuts plural

Morphology

haircut = hair + cut (transparent) = hair + cut

The compound yields a straightforward result noun denoting the style/result of cutting hair.

Etymology

Haircut comes from hair + cut, so it can mean the 'look' or 'style' your hair has after it is cut.