Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A projecting tuft of hair on the head that grows in a different direction from the rest of the hair and will not lie flat.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A tuft of hair which presents the appearance of hair that has been licked by a cow, as on herself or on a calf, out of its proper position and natural direction. Also called
calf-lick . - noun plural The snowdrop-tree, Mohrodendron dipterum.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A tuft of hair turned up or awry (usually over the forehead), as if licked by a cow.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An unruly
lock ofhair that sticks straight up from the rear of the skull as if licked by a cow.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a tuft of hair that grows in a different direction from the rest of the hair and usually will not lie flat
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Examples
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Researchers say the creature’s single antler, which pokes up like a cowlick from the middle of its head, may be the result of a genetic anomaly — although its twin has two horns, the AP reports.
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Researchers say the creature’s single antler, which pokes up like a cowlick from the middle of its head, may be the result of a genetic anomaly — although its twin has two horns, the AP reports.
Associated Press: Unicorn Discovered in Italy « Skid Roche 2008
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Trousers may be brought to order in a few minutes, but to subdue a cowlick is a matter of years.
Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the World Owen Johnson 1915
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Babbing caught him by the "cowlick" that adorned his ingenuous young forehead.
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The spike of hair that by now had probably developed into a cowlick.
I’ll Walk Alone Mary Higgins Clark 2011
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A kid done up as Tintin, his trench coat torn and covered in blood, but his cowlick still perfect.
Can You Survive The Zombie Apocalypse? Max Brallier 2011
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I can't really remember what was first, just that I started noticing odd indentations in things, like in a fresh jar of peanut butter, leaving a little cowlick of Jif hanging over the screw top.
Put it Where it Doesn't Belong Thomas Pluck 2011
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His white-blond hair was shaved on the sides, a cowlick at the back of his head.
So Much Pretty Cara Hoffman 2011
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His white-blond hair was shaved on the sides, a cowlick at the back of his head.
So Much Pretty Cara Hoffman 2011
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He had a buzz cut with a cowlick in the center of his forehead and a quirky smile.
History of a Suicide Jill Bialosky 2011
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