Definition mohawk in American English

mohawk noun

[countable] noun

/ˈmoʊˌhɔk/

From Mohawk, the name of a Native American people who were, wrongly, believed to have this hairstyle.

a hairstyle in which the hair on both sides of the head is cut off, leaving a line of hair in the middle that sticks straight up

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