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flattop

American  
[flat-top] / ˈflætˌtɒp /
Or flat-top

noun

Informal.
  1. an aircraft carrier.

  2. a type of crew cut in which the hair is cropped in a flat plane across the top.


flattop British  
/ ˈflætˌtɒp /

noun

  1. an informal name for aircraft carrier

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of flattop

First recorded in 1940–45; flat 1 + top 1


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In the Oscar-winning filmmaker’s version, a drama from Netflix that hits theaters in October, Frankenstein’s creature is no arms-outstretched “Me Hungry” monster lumbering toward the camera stiff-legged with neck bolts and a flattop.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2025

At Gwangjang Market, after I spotted a golden brown seafood pancake sizzling on a flattop grill, I ordered one and devoured it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2023

Senate, Democrat Jon Tester is a well-known commodity in Montana — a plain-spoken grain farmer with a flattop and a carefully cultivated reputation as a moderate.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 19, 2023

Nando’s has since spread like oil on a hot flattop, with more than two dozen outlets in the area.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 1, 2022

Together, we climb high on the boxes, the old furniture, trying to reach the tallest height, a flattop chifforo chest.

From "Ninth Ward" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

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