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haircut

haircut

111 1.0
To cut and shape a person's hair
  • noun
  • /ˈhɛrˌkʌt/
translation icon : corte de pelo
  • Every four to six weeks, I like to get a haircut to keep my hair looking neat.
  • get a haircut

So right now, I am in desperate need of a haircut, so I have Haley.

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Examples

  • The boys really needed some haircuts and England is back in lockdown.

  • Yeah, I haven't had a haircut since February.

  • So we just got done with my haircut and look at me.

  • Well, let me tell you, I had this haircut in my own kitchen.

  • The price of his haircut could feed a family of five.

  • Yeah, get a haircut, man.

  • I'm just so glad to get a haircut finally.

  • So right now, I am in desperate need of a haircut, so I have Haley.

  • It was a hairdresser and I got my haircut short.

  • I had a haircut, I got a manicure, I did a little shoppin'.

Synonyms

hairstyle
vshaircut
53 1.4

A way of cutting and arranging hair to change your look

focuses on the action of cutting and shaping the hair
hairdo
vshaircut
50 2.9

A way of cutting and arranging someone's hair

is about the act of cutting and forming hair into shape
hair style
vshaircut
1.9

A way of cutting or arranging hair to change your look

refers to the process of cutting and shaping hair

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
111 1.0
bob
4 3.8
trim
33 2.5

Surface Forms

haircut singular
haircuts plural

Morphology

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

The compound combines two common nouns whose meanings directly yield 'the act of cutting hair'.

Etymology

Haircut is simply hair + cut, so it literally means 'cutting hair'. That's why it names the action of cutting and shaping a person's hair.