FLATTOP

Flattop

This article is about the hairstyle. For other uses of "flattop", see Flat Top .

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flattop

Noun

  1. A short haircut in which the hair is brushed straight up then cut flat across the top
  2. An aircraft carrier; origin credited since 1942 to a laconic message, “Scratch one flattop,” radioed by LCDR Robert E. Dixon to USS Lexington, whose commanding officer credited the pilot with coining the standard USN slang; see Wikipedia for Battle of Coral Sea
  1. Abbreviated form of flattop grill.


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