cowlick
(Redirected from cow lick)
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
cow + lick; as the hair may appear to have been licked into place by a cow.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cowlick (plural cowlicks)
- 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.
- Synonym: calflick
Translations edit
unruly lock of hair
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References edit
- “cowlick”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.