| a haircut in which the hair is very closely cropped. |
crew·cut or crew cut  (krōō'kŭt')  n. A closely cropped haircut. [So called because it was worn by rowers.] |
crew cut
A closely cropped haircut, usually for a male, as in The boys all think crew cuts are cooler in summer. This term presumably originated in the navy (crew referring to a ship's crew), where such a haircut was mandatory. [c. 1940]