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View synonyms for haircut

haircut

[ hair-kuht ]

noun

  1. an act or instance of cutting cut the hair.
  2. the style in which the hair is cut and worn, especially men's hair.


haircut

/ ˈhɛəˌkʌt /

noun

  1. the act or an instance of cutting the hair
  2. the style in which hair has been cut
  3. slang.
    stock exchange a percentage of the value of an asset deducted to account for a possible fall in its value before it can be liquidated
“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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  • haircutter noun
  • haircutting noun adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of haircut1

First recorded in 1895–1900; hair + cut
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Example Sentences

The Chiefs halted the haircuts quickly after learning of the positive test result.

Yet, in many states people can drink in bars, get a haircut, eat inside a restaurant, get a tattoo, get a massage, and do myriad other normal, pleasant, but non-essential activities.

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Decisions that used to feel mundane—to get that haircut or not—become much more loaded when your health might hang in the balance.

Plus, jobs in service sectors won’t come back until people feel comfortable rescheduling a haircut or booking a hotel room.

In several 2018 demonstrations, Google’s AI made haircut and restaurant reservations without receptionists realizing they were talking with a non-human.

You must now wear the same haircut & clothes you sported in junior high…forever.

And he had a cowboy hat that he liked touching, too—he smoothed the brim back like it was a ducktail haircut.

Just old paperbacks, magazine articles, press clippings, and snapshots of you when you had the Larry Page haircut in 8th grade.

New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd knew Hillary Clinton would be running for office last year when she saw the new haircut.

Meet the tiny tot who, armed with a juice box and the "it" haircut, is proving that kids can be stylish, too.

Two of them -- Severe Haircut woman and utility belt man -- looked at me from their ergonomic super-chairs.

"I think you should really reconsider your approach to this situation," Severe Haircut woman said.

Severe haircut lady was in the new questioning party, as were three big guys who moved me around like a cut of meat.

It was the guy who had come into the truck and spoken to Severe-Haircut woman when I was chained up in the back.

The men are fond of saying that all they had by way of preparation for the job was four days' drilling and a haircut.

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