crew cut
a haircut in which the hair is very closely cropped, with some extra length on top.: Compare buzzcut.
Origin of crew cut
1Other words from crew cut
- crew-cut, crew·cut, adjective
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How to use crew cut in a sentence
It smelled like sawdust and fresh-hewn lumber as bright and blond as a high school senior's crewcut.
The Last Place on Earth | James Judson HarmonDid Oswald say anything about seeing a man with a crewcut in front of the building as he was about to leave it?
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British Dictionary definitions for crew cut
a closely cropped haircut for men, originating in the US
Origin of crew cut
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with 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]
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