haircut

[ hair-kuht ]

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noun

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

Origin of haircut

First recorded in 1895–1900; hair + cut

Other words from haircut

haircutter, noun
haircutting, noun, adjective

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How to use haircut in a sentence

Get up in this corner, and Ill just pop this haircutting cloth over you.
A Vision of Venus | Harry Pleon
A man begins the act of haircutting when the barber's cloth is spread over him.
The Worlds Greatest Books, Volume XIII. | Various
I know naught of your strange fashions and monstrous manners of haircutting.
The Golden Galleon | Robert Leighton

British Dictionary definitions for haircut

haircut

/ (ˈhɛəˌkʌt) /

noun

the act or an instance of cutting the hair
the style in which hair has been cut

stock exchange slang a percentage of the value of an asset deducted to account for a possible fall in its value before it can be liquidated

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