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haircut Definition

hair·cut (-kut′)

noun

  1. a cutting or clipping of the hair of the head
  2. the style in which the hair is cut

haircut Related Forms
hair·cut′ter noun
haircut Synonyms

haircut

n.

trim, trimming, shingling, bob, crew cut, page boy, pompadour, feather cut, bangs, buzz cut, convict cut, GI haircut, butch, mohawk, D.A.*, D.T.*; see also hairstyle.

haircut Finance Definition
Formulas that reduce the value of any given security based on its class, market risk, or maturity date. Haircuts come into play when the borrowers become unable to make payments or repay the loan or when companies value the securities they hold.
haircut Usage Examples

Possessives

  • devil: I wonder if we'll find out what a devil's haircut is.

Converse of object

  • get: She's also got a very cute haircut - like Julia Roberts in Hook.
  • sport: Dan Carter, sporting the haircut I had two years ago, fails to convert.
  • need: With an image like mine, I need a nice haircut.
  • have: Alex Rider also has a severe haircut in the second book Point Blanc.
  • give: First of all, he connected it to the monster which he had given a spiky haircut.
  • include: These include mullet haircuts, crummy old cars, Y-fronts and old-fashioned mobile phones.

Adjective modifier

  • dodgy: Is this the audition where they gave you a dodgy haircut to make you look like a Victorian orphan?
  • trendy: Pretty boys with trendy haircuts, designer jackets and mobile phones are celebrated with a timeless essence.
  • stupid: And he said, There isn't any... Well, he hasn't got the stupid haircut; we made him do that.
  • silly: Once upon a time, a ' fan ' was a quasi-religious worshipper of an icon with a silly haircut.
  • decent: The Joker, however, may be in need of a decent haircut.
  • bad: What's the worst haircut you're ever had?

Modifies a noun

  • today: Had my haircut today, it's amazing how quickly it's grown.

Noun used with modifier

  • Mohican: The first looks like it's been given a Mohican haircut.
  • style: Just wait until your boss sees you with a David Beckham style haircut and pierced nipples, you beast, you.
  • skinhead: Its election candidates wear suits and ties, rather than skinhead haircuts and boots.
  • mullet: The effect of small velcro cloud static on some of those mullet haircuts was painful even to behold.
  • bowl: One of the band members had this bowl haircut.
  • celebrity: No, we're just interested in celebrity haircuts, and plenty of ' em.
haircut Quotes

The American character looks always as if it just had a rather bad haircut, which gives it, in our eyes at any rate, a greater humanity than the European, which even among its beggars has an all too professional air.

—McCarthy,Joseph R(aymond)

Browse dictionary entries near haircut

  1. haircloth
  2. hairbrush
  3. hairbreadth
  4. hairbrained
  5. hairball
  6. hair trigger
  7. hair stroke
  8. hair spray
  9. hair space
  10. hair shirt
  1. hairdo
  2. hairdresser
  3. -haired
  4. hairiness
  5. hairless
  6. hairline
  7. hairnet
  8. hairpiece
  9. hairpin
  10. hairsbreadth