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

Other Word Forms

• haircutter noun
• haircutting noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of haircut¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; hair + cut

Example Sentences

Costs for services, like haircuts, airfares and daycare, also continue to climb.

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In one of the stories, The Pinking Shears, the character is a spirited little girl called Jean Louie who gives a friend a haircut and faces the wrath of the child's father.

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Many men who work construction in Chicago are staying home too, said one contractor getting a haircut in Little Village.

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Freddie, the owner, used to sit us on this little wood thing to get a haircut,” Ward said.

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We are given vivid glimpses into the author’s childhood in communist Bulgaria, where haircuts were strictly policed and emotions kept under wraps, a world in which the ultimate parent was “the Party.”

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Related Words

• crew cut 
• hairdo 
• hairstyle