Flattop Definition
flăttŏp
noun
Something having a flat or level surface, platform, etc.
Webster's New World
An aircraft carrier.
American Heritage
A short haircut in which the hair is brushed straight up and cropped flat across the top.
American Heritage
An acoustic guitar having a flat piece of wood on the side where the strings are, a single sound hole in the center of the body, and a bridge attached just below the sound hole.
American Heritage
(US, informal) An aircraft carrier; origin credited since 1942 to a laconic message, “Scratch one flattop,” radioed by LCDR Robert E. Dixon to USS Lexington, whose commanding officer credited the pilot with coining the standard USN slang; see Wikipedia for Battle of Coral Sea.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- crew-cut
- attack aircraft carrier
- carrier
- aircraft-carrier
Other Word Forms of Flattop
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