mohawk

CEFRC2

/ˈmoʊhɔːk/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A hairstyle with a strip of hair standing along the middle of the head.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A hairstyle where both sides are shaved, with the hair along the crest of the head kept long, and usually styled so as to stand straight up.

Examples

  • Ziri came out of the hair salon with a blue mohawk.

  • People with Mohawk haircuts frighten me!

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A member of a gang (the Mohocks) that terrorized London in the early 18th century.

  2. Alternative letter-case form of Mohawk.

More examples

In context

  • The barber gave Mary a mohawk.

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Origin

noun

From Dutch Mohawk. An exonym, probably from Narragansett Mohowaúgsuck, Mauquàuog, meaning “they eat (animate things)”, “cannibals”. The phoneme /m/ is not present in the Mohawk language; the Mohawk autonym is Kanienʼkehá꞉kaʼ (Kanienkehaka, Kanyenkehaka).