flat-top

noun

Published on April 10, 2016, 5:50 a.m.

a type of hair-cut in which the top and sides of the head form a squarish shape

Collocates dreads², BM, Chucks, dreadlocks, fade, fresh, half-step, MC, rock

Domains Fashion

Etymology pre hip-hop, from the 1950s

Related concepts dookie, dreadlocks, dreads, fade, high-top fade, nappy

Rhymes dreadlocks

1988-06-21 Big Daddy Kane "Set It Off" [Long Live The Kane]
Smooth the barber keepin' my flat-top trim
1989-09-12 Big Daddy Kane "Warm It Up, Kane" [It's A Big Daddy Thing]
Now who flattop rules in '89?
1990-07-17 Boogie Down Productions "Original Lyrics" feat. Special K [Edutainment]
Rockin the dreadlocks and the flattops

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