Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act or an instance of cutting the hair.
- noun A style in which hair is cut.
- noun Slang A reduction, as in payment or value.
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- noun The act of
cutting of the hair, often done professionally by abarber ,hair stylist , orbeautician . - noun The way hair is cut.
- noun law In a
bankruptcy proceeding, the proportional reduction in thedebt that will be paid to eachcreditor , based on an evaluation of the total debt owed and the totalassets of thedebtor .
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- noun the style in which hair has been cut
- noun the act of cutting the hair
Etymologies
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Examples
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This is progress for a Continent that dared not to breathe the word haircut only months ago.
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And, I have raised this before, but where oh where did the term 'haircut' come from?
The Guardian World News Graeme Wearden 2011
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Momentarily, he was tempted to ask Inti what he called his haircut, but on the off chance that the boatman might answer "Arthur, " as George Harrison had responded to the same question in A Hard Day's Night, he held his tongue.
Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates Robbins, Tom 2000
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Momentarily, he was tempted to ask Inti what he called his haircut, but on the off chance that the boatman might answer "Arthur, " as George Harrison had responded to the same question in A Hard Day's Night, he held his tongue.
Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates Robbins, Tom 2000
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"The word 'haircut' is easy to say on its own ... but we must go step by step."
unknown title 2011
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Frank Churchill's quick excursion for a "haircut" is quite obviously beyond the limits of realistic constraint.
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The haircut is a huge improvement and his body was ridiculous.
new moon business Sam 2009
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By the way, the 2nd picture of her new haircut is lovely.
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The odd mortgage payment has bounced … the lack of haircut is the most annoying, though.
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General Kagan has a short haircut, is fond of wearing suits, and has no family life of which she speaks publicly, for starters.
bilby commented on the word haircut
"I now live in one of the poorest places in Britain. The teenagers here have expensive haircuts, fashionable clothes and mobile phones. Most of those who are old enough have cars, which they drive incessantly and write off every few weeks." - 'Bring On The Recession', George Monbiot, 9 Oct 2007.
December 12, 2007
Prolagus commented on the word haircut
See also trichotomy.
May 4, 2008
sionnach commented on the word haircut
I don't quite understand your invocation of the suffix 'tomy' here to indicate hair'cut'. The standard Greek suffix to indicate 'cut, excision, or surgical removal' is 'ectomy', so you would have to say 'trichectomy', not 'trichotomy'.
on edit: the point being, I think, that when hair is cut, it implies removal, as opposed to the kind of incision or dissection that 'otomy' might imply for a different body organ.
May 4, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word haircut
This is the point: trichectomy would mean cutting your hair... off (in a surgical way). Trichotomy does mean haircut, it's not one of my madeupical terms! The ancient Greek word τομή means "cut" (τέμνω = to cut).
If it can help, google search for pubic trichotomy or abdominal trichotomy.
May 5, 2008
john commented on the word haircut
"In November 2005, the house sold for $126,000. The bank, which took it back last spring, is asking $59,000. The Seattle man offers $40,000.
The mayor says the lender is not desperate enough to take that big a haircut. “Not going to happen,�? she says."
The New York Times, In the Central Valley, the Ruins of the Housing Bust, by David Streitfeld, August 23, 2008
August 24, 2008