haircuthair‧cut /ˈheəkʌt $ ˈher-/ ●●○ noun [countable] 
I haven’t had a haircut for months!2the style your hair is cut in: Do you like my new haircut?3take a haircut informal to agree to accept less money for something: They may have to take a haircut on their investment.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Isn't it about time you had a haircut?
- He had a punk haircut and used his right knee to drive down the middle of the road.
- He has a trendy haircut and wears a dangling earring, but his accent is like his father's.
- He wore a wig one time, too, like a Beatles haircut.
- It's ages since I had a haircut.
- Sheffield comes for an $ 8 haircut and conversation.
- They've got asymmetrical haircuts, wire-rimmed specs, an earring or two.
Longman Language Activatorto cut someone's hair, beard, or fingernails
· My sister usually cuts my hair.· I wish you wouldn't cut your fingernails in the living room.have your hair cut (=pay someone to cut it for you) · Beth's at the salon having her hair cut.
when someone cuts your hair: · Isn't it about time you had a haircut?
to cut the hair on your face or body so that your skin feels smooth: · Have you shaved today?· I didn't have time to shave my legs.shave off something/shave something off: · I wish he'd shave off that awful beard!
to cut a small amount off someone's hair or beard, so that it looks neater: · Could you just trim my hair at the back?
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY I haven’t had a haircut for months!COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
1when you have a haircut, someone cuts your hair for youhave/get a haircut I haven’t had a haircut for months!· Was it her new haircut, and Faye's dress?· When the day came, Grégoire was carefully prepared: he was given a new haircut.· Highlights here was jan Molby giving Speed a headlock and rub of the new haircut, and Wallace being substituted.
· For one brief moment he had thought it was Jenny, absurdly garbed and with a ridiculously short haircut.· They always wore tennis shoes, and they all had very short haircuts.· Large men in plain clothes and short haircuts had wanted to know his business.· The men and women appeared androgynous, with similar short haircuts and nearly identical loose-fitting clothing.
VERB· I was planning to finish work early today, get a haircut and maybe do some shopping.· He got haircuts and did other errands during weekday lunch hours.· They've got asymmetrical haircuts, wire-rimmed specs, an earring or two.· Heaven knows you all but need proof of insurance these days to get a haircut.· Afterwards you stand no hope of getting back into the City. Get a haircut.· First day home he would get a haircut and a shave.· As the ultimate luxury, hairdressers Molton Brown have created a men-only salon for boys to get a haircut in peace!· Elsewhere, Nigel Lythgoe got a haircut.
· Her head was conical, an extremity too, and so thick with black hair that she almost needed a haircut.· I was afraid he needed a haircut.· The way he is sitting, he needs a haircut.· In 1966, Arturo Rosales had just enrolled at a community college when he decided he needed a haircut.· Even lesbians tell me that I need a haircut.
I haven’t had a haircut for months!2the style your hair is cut in: Do you like my new haircut?3take a haircut informal to agree to accept less money for something: They may have to take a haircut on their investment.