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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haircut/#m1)

2) The style or shape in which your hair is cut. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haircut/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haircut/#x1)
- Do you like my new haircut? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haircut/#x2)
- My dad gave me a haircut in the kitchen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haircut/#x3)
- You need a haircut — your hair is in your eyes! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haircut/#x4)
- The barber gave him a short haircut for the summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haircut/#x5)
- My sister cried after a bad haircut, but it grew back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haircut/#x6)
- The dog had a haircut too, at the dog groomer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haircut/#x7)
- Never cut your own hair with sharp scissors without an adult. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haircut/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/47-viral-rumours-cancellations-fakes-and-apologies/18/)
- [Choices like clothes or a haircut are made by talking with your parents, within family rules.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/101-responsibility-independence-curiosity/11/)
- [Keeping quiet about a haircut or a lunch you would not choose is not lying; it is good manners.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/5/)
- [You can choose your own clothes or haircut by discussing it with your parents, within family rules.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/215-speaking-up-saying-no-and-growing-up/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «haircut» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haircut/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.