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What is "buzz-cut"

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
buzz-cut

by 1973, American English, from buzz (n.), perhaps from the sound of the barber's electric clipper, + cut (n.) in the "haircut" sense.

Usage examples of "buzz-cut".

Hunched over the pixel-dominated screens were mesmerized teenagers-many of them Nihonin in their black leather outfits, tattoos and body piercings, their hair buzz-cut or maned, their eyes heavy with the attitude of menace forged from the excess of empty leisure.