Definition of "haircut" []

• The act or an instance of cutting the hair. (noun)
• A style in which hair is cut. (noun)

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• "This is progress for a Continent that dared not to breathe the word haircut only months ago."
• "And, I have raised this before, but where oh where did the term 'haircut' come from?"
• "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."