close-cropped
Americanadjective
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clipped or trimmed short.
close-cropped hair.
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having one's hair clipped or trimmed short.
a close-cropped wrestler.
Etymology
Origin of close-cropped
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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The Rev. Israel Vázquez, 58, soft-spoken with close-cropped hair, had held Briany before, when he formally presented the baby to God in a ceremony at his Pentecostal church in Lakeland.
From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026
On TV, at town halls and universities, the bespectacled officer, with close-cropped gray hair and an almost professorial demeanor, lays out the stakes for his countrymen.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
His salt-and-pepper hair is close-cropped like an athlete’s, “because it’s all falling out,” he laughed.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2025
He is balding with close-cropped hair and wears glasses.
From Slate • Apr. 16, 2024
Her hair was close-cropped; her dress was modest; her voice compelled attention.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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