Dictionary

cowlick en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈkælɪk/ (US, regional)
• /ˈkaʊˌlɪk/

Etymology

From cow + lick; as the hair may appear to have been licked into place by a cow.

Meanings

1. An unruly lock or section of hair that sticks straight out from the skull or lies at an angle at odds with the rest of an individual's hair, like a whorl or vortex.
   • We would touch strangers discreetly, feathering down their cowlicks. 2022, Ling Ma, “G”, in Bliss Montage, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN:

Forms

Deriveds

cowlicked

Synonyms

calflick

Translations (31)

gl remuíño (unruly lock of hair) · yue 轉 /转 (unruly lock of hair) · ga deisealán (unruly lock of hair) · nv atsiitʼáá haʼnootsʼeeʼ (unruly lock of hair) · tl puyo (unruly lock of hair) · ro moț (unruly lock of hair) · sh чупе́рак (unruly lock of hair) · it ciuffo ribelle (unruly lock of hair) · es remolino (unruly lock of hair) · da koslik (unruly lock of hair) · pt redemoinho (unruly lock of hair) · li waerbeustel (unruly lock of hair) · nl weerborstel (unruly lock of hair) · ca reveixí (unruly lock of hair) · ja アホ毛 (unruly lock of hair) · ro vârtej (unruly lock of hair) · it ritrosa (unruly lock of hair) · es mechón (unruly lock of hair) · fa موی ناخواب (unruly lock of hair) · pl kosmyk (unruly lock of hair) · vi khoáy (unruly lock of hair) · ceb alimpulo (unruly lock of hair) · fi hiuskiehkura (unruly lock of hair) · sh čuperak (unruly lock of hair) · de Wirbel (unruly lock of hair) · th ขวัญ (unruly lock of hair) · sc pilos a s'imberta (unruly lock of hair) · fr épi (unruly lock of hair) · ru вихор (unruly lock of hair) · sv koslick (unruly lock of hair) · de Haarwirbel (unruly lock of hair)