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Noun
A dreadlock.
Usage- Informal
- plural-normally
- Examples
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More examples (2)
Thinning hair can be especially disconcerting when one is trying to wear 'locs, also known as dreadlocks, which I'd first begun in late 2001. […] I finally fetched the shears and, cringing, cut off each 'loc at the point where new growth was coming in.
Locs are another protective hairstyle that dates back to Africa. This rope-like hairstyle is achieved by matting the hair. Priests of the Ethiopian Coptic religion in 500 BCE wore locs, and the first archaeological evidence of locs comes from East Africa.
Verb
To style (the hair) in dreadlocks.
Usage- Informal
- Transitive
- Examples
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Dread Head will assist you with temporarily locing your hair.
Word forms
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