haircut

«haircut» in Mova's school dictionary: The act of having your hair cut — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a haircut, haircuts)

meaning for a pupil

1) The act of having your hair cut. tree →

2) The style or shape in which your hair is cut. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life, children go to a hairdresser or barber for a haircut; they may feel nervous or happy afterwards. In stories, a new haircut can show a change in a character. Phrases: «get a haircut», «need a haircut», «a new haircut», «have a haircut».

examples

• I'm getting a haircut on Saturday. tree →
• Do you like my new haircut? tree →
• My dad gave me a haircut in the kitchen. tree →
• You need a haircut — your hair is in your eyes! tree →
• The barber gave him a short haircut for the summer. tree →
• My sister cried after a bad haircut, but it grew back. tree →
• The dog had a haircut too, at the dog groomer. tree →
• Never cut your own hair with sharp scissors without an adult. tree →

note

Countable; one word. «Get/have a haircut» means someone else cuts it. A hairdresser cuts mainly women's and children's hair; a barber, mainly men's — but both do all.

In the corpora

• Famous people still buy chocolate, rewear dresses and get haircuts; none of that is a scandal.
• Choices like clothes or a haircut are made by talking with your parents, within family rules.
• Keeping quiet about a haircut or a lunch you would not choose is not lying; it is good manners.
• You can choose your own clothes or haircut by discussing it with your parents, within family rules.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «haircut» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.