forelock

IPA: fˈɔrɫɑk

noun

  • The part of a person's hairstyle which covers the forehead.
  • The part of a horse's (or similar animal's) mane that lies on its forehead.
  • A wedge pushed through a hole at the end of a bolt to hold it in place.

verb

  • To fix in place with a forelock (wedge)
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Examples of "forelock" in Sentences

  • I have also dyed my hair deep blue with a pink forelock and magenta highlights.
  • So beautiful and majestic, with his forelock draped in his face, he really fit the part.
  • That one lasted for 4 months, and in the end all I had was a cotton candy pink forelock.
  • Instead of asking how it is that we all have to kiss the forelock of the Windsor family...
  • This kind of forelock-tugging to the monarchy disappeared from the real world 40 years ago or more.
  • There were about five people in different departments who, because of my forelock, ended up in tears.
  • We all agreed the war in Vietnam was wrong and the forelock tugging tendency of the British needed to end.
  • Nicholas's ID photo from the Saigon embassy shows a young man with a Superman forelock, fixing the camera with a challenging stare.
  • A lot of kneeling, kowtowing and forelock-tugging ensued -- and a public scolding of one of the Star's best journos and columnists by the "public editor."
  • But otherwise very little, jokes or otherwise, that we hadn't heard before, and a preponderance of what blogger Julian Dobson has called "pointless forelock-tugging to the Taxpayers 'Alliance".

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