Associations to the word «Flattop»

FLATTOP, noun. (US) A short haircut in which the hair is brushed straight up then cut flat across the top.

FLATTOP, noun. (US) (informal) An aircraft carrier (origin attributed 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)

FLATTOP, noun. (musical instrument) A type of stringed instrument, most often an acoustic guitar, with a flat top (as opposed to an archtop), with strings held in place with pins, and with a complex system of bracing struts on the top.

FLATTOP, noun. A closely cropped haircut; usually for men.

FLATTOP, noun. A large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings.