close-cropped

[klohs-kropt]

adjective

1. clipped or trimmed short.

   close-cropped hair.

2. having one's hair clipped or trimmed short.

   a close-cropped wrestler.

Word History and Origins

Origin of close-cropped¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

Day-Lewis, now 68 and whose last film was Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Phantom Thread,” seems carved out of stone as Ray, his close-cropped hair and imposing gray goatee suggesting a man who doesn’t just live off the grid but thrives there.

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His salt-and-pepper hair is close-cropped like an athlete’s, “because it’s all falling out,” he laughed.

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At the time of his “Today” appearance, Coulier had lost only “a little bit of hair” but managed to pull off a close-cropped buzz cut.

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Kobe’s beanie is Lakers gold and his jacket Lakers purple in the mural, but the close-cropped beard and mustache he sported that night is accurately portrayed.

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With his San Fernando Valley Chicano accent, close-cropped hair and frequent use of words like “carnal,” “playboy” and “fool,” Tejada can come off to a first-time listener as a Pendleton-wearing buffoon in a Culture Clash skit.

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