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flattop

flattop noun: a short haircut in which the hair is brushed straight up then cut flat across the top.

Noun

flattop (plural flattops)

  1. (US) A short haircut in which the hair is brushed straight up then cut flat across the top.
    • Well school's not so bad but the summer's better
      Gives me more time to see my girl
      Walk through the park beneath the shiny moon
      Oh when we kiss she makes my flat top curl1959 Jerry Keller, "Here Comes Summer" (lyrics)
  2. (US, informal) An aircraft carrier.
  3. A type of stringed instrument, most often an acoustic guitar, with a flat top (as opposed to an archtop), with strings held in place with pins, and with a complex system of bracing struts on the top.
    Synonyms:
    folk guitar
  4. A grill with a flat cooking surface rather than metal bars.

flattop meaning in Bengali

flattop in Bengali

একটি বিমানবাহী রণতরী, এক ধরনের তারযুক্ত যন্ত্র

Synonyms of flattop

  • folk guitar

Forms of flattop

pluralflattops
alternative formflat top
alternative formflat-top

Origin of flattop

From flat + top. Sense of “aircraft carrier” attributed to the message, “Scratch one flattop,” radioed during the Battle of the Coral Sea by LCDR Robert E. Dixon to the USS Lexington, whose commanding officer credited the pilot with coining the standard USN slang.

Questions about flattop

What does flattop mean?
Flattop means a short haircut in which the hair is brushed straight up then cut flat across the top.
What is flattop in Bengali?
Flattop in Bengali is একটি বিমানবাহী রণতরী, এক ধরনের তারযুক্ত যন্ত্র. See Flattop meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is flattop?
Flattop is a noun.
What is the plural of flattop?
The plural of flattop is flattops.

Words near flattop in the dictionary

  1. flatting out
  2. flattings
  3. flattish
  4. flattishly
  5. flattishness
  6. flattop
  7. flattops
  8. flatty
  9. flatty-ken
  10. flatty-kens
  11. flatuency

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Adapted from Wiktionary: flattop (page history and authors); flattop (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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