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crew cut
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A crew cut is a type of haircut in which the upright hair on the top of the head is cut relatively short, graduated in length from the longest hair that forms a short pomp ( pompadour ) at the front hairline to the shortest at the back of the crown so that ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ An elderly colonel with a steel gray crew cut stood to one side, ready to intervene if the questioning got difficult. ▪ Despite his militant crew cut , Bellows looks stylishly moody and vulnerable, and Sheridan could pass for ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A closely-cropped male haircut in which the hairs stick upward, like the short bristles of a brush.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a closely cropped haircut; usually for men [syn: flattop ]
Usage examples of crew cut.
Stafford cut a commanding figure, standing as erect as his silvery crew cut, with his fists leaning firmly on the back of an empty chair at the end of the conference table.
Framed snapshot of a little boy with a crew cut, wearing overalls, struggling to carry a crying baby with flame-red hair, a funeral mass card for Heath Allen Weaver tucked into the corner.
He felt a sudden surge of loss superimposed upon the memory of a seven-year-old boy, blue T-shirt and crew cut, running full tilt from the house and throwing himself into his father's arms.