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dreadlock

Syllables: dread·lockUK/ˈdɹɛdlɒk/US/ˈdɹɛdˌlɑk/

dreadlock noun: a single strand of dreadlocks.

Noun

dreadlock (plural dreadlocks)

  1. A single strand of dreadlocks.

Verb

dreadlock (third-person singular simple present dreadlocks, present participle dreadlocking, simple past and past participle dreadlocked)

  1. (transitive) To put (hair) into dreadlocks.
    • I paced the avenues, mane dreadlocked by city dirt.2004, David Benioff, When the Nines Roll Over and Other Stories, →ISBN, page 86
    Synonyms:
    dread

Examples of dreadlock in a sentence

  • The dreadlocked guitarist played a solo.
  • That was awesome!" a dreadlocked game-master cheered, as one girl triumphed in her game of Fantasy Football.
  • "You see, Sharpay had a big wooly hairdoo, kinda like a head of dreadlocks that had exploded."

All 15 example sentences with dreadlock

Synonyms of dreadlock

Forms of dreadlock

Noun
pluraldreadlocks
Verb
third-person singular presentdreadlocks
present participledreadlocking
past participledreadlocked
pastdreadlocked

Origin of dreadlock

From dreadlocks.

Questions about dreadlock

What does dreadlock mean?
Dreadlock means a single strand of dreadlocks.
What part of speech is dreadlock?
Dreadlock can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce dreadlock?
Dreadlock is pronounced /ˈdɹɛdlɒk/ (UK).
What is the plural of dreadlock?
The plural of dreadlock is dreadlocks.

Words near dreadlock in the dictionary

  1. dreading
  2. dreadingly
  3. dreadless
  4. dreadlessly
  5. dreadlessness
  6. dreadlock
  7. dreadlocked
  8. dreadlocking
  9. dreadlocks
  10. dreadly
  11. dreadmill

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