flattop

flattop means A short haircut in which the hair is brushed straight up then cut flat across the top.

Etymology

From flat + top. Sense of “aircraft carrier” attributed to the message, “Scratch one flattop,” radioed during the Battle of the Coral Sea by LCDR Robert E. Dixon to the USS Lexington, whose commanding officer credited the pilot with coining the standard USN slang.

noun

A short haircut in which the hair is brushed straight up then cut flat across the top.e.g.“Well school's not so bad but the summer's better Gives me more time to see my girl Walk through the park beneath the shiny moon Oh when we kiss she makes my flat top curl” — 1959 Jerry Keller, "Here Comes Summer" (lyrics)
An aircraft carrier.
A type of stringed instrument, most often an acoustic guitar, with a flat top (as opposed to an archtop), with strings held in place with pins, and with a complex system of bracing struts on the top.
A grill with a flat cooking surface rather than metal bars.

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Words closest in meaning

By meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.

buzzcut 64% match — A closely-cropped military-style haircut. vs flattop →
flattened 58% match — Made flat by something. vs flattop →
ducktail 58% match — A hairstyle in which the hair is swept back into an upturned point at the back. vs flattop →
crophead 57% match — A person whose hair is cut very short. vs flattop →
foretop 57% match — The top of the head; the top of the forehead. vs flattop →
topknot 57% match — A decorative knot of hair on the crown of the head, sometimes having ribbons or feathers. vs flattop →
flatten 56% match — To make something flat or flatter. vs flattop →
pompadour 56% match — A women's hairstyle in which the hair is swept upwards from the face and worn high over the forehead. vs flattop →