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mohawk

mohawk

7 6.7
A hairstyle with shaved sides and a long strip of hair down the middle
  • noun
  • /ˈmoʊhɔːk/
translation icon : mohicano
  • He's a lanky kid with a black mohawk, the band's leader.
  • mohawk haircut
  • spiked mohawk
  • blue mohawk

Think of Beckham's Mohawk or cornrows.

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Examples

Synonyms

mohawk haircut
vsmohawk
1 3.8

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

is the same hairstyle named without the extra word for cutting
scalp lock
vsmohawk
  • US
9.9

A long piece of hair left on top of a shaved head, worn in some Indigenous North American cultures

is the general modern hairstyle used widely not only a traditional tuft

Compounds

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

A native language spoken by the Mohawk people in northeastern North America

How Bold

mohawk
7 6.7
undercut
5.1
fringe
  • UK
13 3.1
crew cut
7 3.0

Surface Forms

mohawk singular
mohawks plural

Etymology

Mohawk comes from the name of the Mohawk people, a Native American group whose warriors were described by early visitors as wearing a narrow 'strip of hair' along the head. So today a mohawk means the haircut with the sides shaved and a longer strip of hair down the middle.