💸 To sell cheaper 🪚 To cut underneath 🪓 To notch a tree 🎾 To give backspin ✂️ A lower cut 🌳 A tree notch ⛏️ Removed material 💇 A short hairstyle 🥩 A tender meat 🏓 A spin shot

undercut

5.1

A hairstyle with the sides and back cut very short and the top left long

noun
/ˈʌndərˌkʌt/

: undercut

It's like a middle parting down to here, shaved underneath, and an undercut.

Examples

That, my friends, is an undercut in a bun.
He decided to get an undercut for the summer, making it easier to manage his thick hair.
And my little undercut is look, it's long, I just curl it as well.
Getting a ridiculously lopsided undercut is the modern-day equivalent of being a really fat guy in medieval times.

Blog text (5)
Many people are choosing an undercut hairstyle because it looks stylish and edgy.
Her undercut adds a modern touch to her overall appearance, showcasing her long hair on top.

Synonyms

sidecut

vsundercut

6.0

A haircut where the sides are cut much shorter than the top

is more extreme, cutting sides and back very short or shaving them

Antonyms

long-haired

13 1.9

Having long hair

How Short

long-haired

13 1.9

undercut

5.1

shaved

1 1.0

Surface Forms

undercut singular

undercuts plural

Morphology

undercut = cut (transparent) = under + cut

The hairstyle is a 'cut' made underneath the top layer of hair; learners can infer the basic idea from 'under' + 'cut'.

Etymology

Undercut is a simple compound of under 'below' and cut 'to cut'. For a hairstyle it describes the part of the hair cut very short under the longer top. So an undercut is the short or shaved area beneath the longer hair.