haircut
When you cut your hair, usually at a salon.
An occasion when someone’s hair is cut, especially as a service done by a barber or hairdresser.
The way your hair looks after it is cut.
The style or shape of hair after it has been cut in a particular way.
A cut (reduction) in money or value, used in finance.
A reduction in value, amount, or payment, especially in finance (for example, a discount applied to an asset’s value or a loss accepted by an investor or lender).
- Base: haircut
- Plural: haircuts
a haircut and a shave
1standard grooming at barbers
A barber service: cut hair and shave your face.
- He went to the barbers for a haircut and a shave.
- I booked a haircut and a shave before the ceremony.
- The shop offers a haircut and a shave for a fixed price.
- He wants a haircut and a shave.
get a haircut
1go and have hair cut
To go to a barber or salon to cut your hair.
- I’m going to get a haircut this afternoon.
- He got a haircut before his job interview.
- Where do you usually get a haircut?
- I will get a haircut tomorrow.
get a haircut!
1look more neat and respectable
Used to tell someone to tidy their look (sometimes rudely).
- My uncle keeps telling me, “Get a haircut!”
- The manager hinted I should get a haircut before meeting clients.
- He was tired of hearing “Get a haircut!” from strangers.
give [someone] a haircut
1cut another person’s hair
To cut another person’s hair.
- My sister gave me a haircut during lockdown.
- He gives his son a haircut every summer.
- The barber gave him a very neat haircut.
- She gave her brother a haircut.
have a haircut
1receive a haircut service
To get your hair cut.
- She’s having a haircut on Friday.
- I had a haircut and then met my friends for lunch.
- He’s just had a haircut, so his hair looks really neat.
- I had a haircut yesterday.
take a haircut
1accept a financial loss
To accept that you will get less money than you expected.
- They decided to take a haircut and sell the shares at a loss.
- Lenders may have to take a haircut in the restructuring.
- If you sell now, you’ll probably take a haircut.