cowlick

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

An unruly lock or section of hair that sticks straight out from the skull or lies at an angle at odds with the rest of an individual's hair, like a whorl or vortex.

/ˈkaʊˌlɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cowlick.wav /ˈkælɪk/

cowlick cowlicks cow-lick cow lick

From cow + lick; as the hair may appear to have been licked into place by a cow.

calflick

cowlicked

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