crew cut
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3.0
- noun
- /kruː kʌt/
:
corte de pelo militar
- He got a crew cut to prepare for his new job in the military.
- a blond crew cut
- a gray crew cut
- crew-cut hair
No, he had like a crew cut and he was blonde hair.
- No, he had like a crew cut and he was blonde hair.
Examples
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Despite his navy blue uniform and crew-cut hair, he managed to look scruffy.
Fiction book (1995) -
Ramon Olivas (7), a small, adorable Puerto Rican boy with a crew cut, watches her with adoration.
Fiction book (1999) -
I tried a crew cut a couple of times!
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Two only gets a crew cut.
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The kind that had a crew cut even before the army did it to him.
Fiction book (1995) -
You know, you ought to get a crew cut Like the other fellows, Tom.
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Bob Geldof with a crew cut.
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And then another guy, big, stocky fellow with a crew cut.
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The man in the tweed suit wore his hair clipped short in a crew cut.
Fiction book (1997) -
And she had liked and admired his crisp, intense precision, his pale crew-cut hair, his tight smile.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
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9.1
A very short haircut often worn by men or boys
How Short
Surface Forms
Morphology
crew + cut
Although 'cut' can signal a hairstyle, the word 'crew' (a group of people) gives no cue to shortness or a specific haircut length; the compound meaning 'very short men's haircut' is a conventionalized term with historical/usage origins rather than predictable composition. A B1 learner who knows the constituents would not reliably infer this specific hairstyle meaning without prior exposure.
Etymology
The term crew cut may come from short hair worn by college rowing teams, often called 'crew'. Rowers kept their hair very short so it stayed neat under caps and out of the way, and that simple cut became known as a crew cut today.