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Definition of Flattop
1. Noun. A closely cropped haircut; usually for men.
2. Noun. A large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings.
Terms within: Arrester, Arrester Hook, Flight Deck, Landing Deck
Generic synonyms: Combat Ship, War Vessel, Warship
Derivative terms: Carry
Definition of Flattop
1. Noun. (American English) A short haircut in which the hair is brushed straight up then cut flat across the top ¹
2. Noun. (American English) (informal) 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
3. Noun. Abbreviated form of flattop grill. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flattop
1. an aircraft carrier [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flattop
Literary usage of Flattop
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. ... [County Reports and Maps]: Raleigh County and the Western Portions of by West Virginia Geological Survey, Charles E. Krebs, D. D. Teets, William Armstrong Price, W. J. Latimer (1916)
"The top of the Pocahontas Group begins with the flattop Mountain Sandstone, ...
From 17 to 30 feet under the flattop Mountain Sandstone, and separated from ..."
2. County Reports and Maps ...: ... Wyoming and McDowell Counties by Robert Murray Gawthrop, Ray Vernon Hennen, West Virginia Geological Survey (1915)
"THE flattop MOUNTAIN SANDSTONE. The flattop Mountain Sandstone of White2, belonging
at its type locality—near summit of flattop Mountain, 2 miles northwest ..."
3. Boulder, CO: A Photographic Portrait by John Kieffer, Photographer (2006)
"Hallett Peak and flattop Mountain create a perfect, postcard setting for Dream Lake.
At an elevation of 9900 feet, this alpine lake on Bear Lake Trail is ..."
4. Bulletin by Geological Society of America (1902)
"flattop presents some interesting facts in this connection. The summit of flattop
is broad, gently sloping, long past maturity in topographic phase. ..."
5. Waiting in the Wilderness by Enos Abijah Mills (1921)
"I named him flattop, and during the eighteen years that followed I ... One rainy
day while I was hidden and watching flattop cut down a large aspen, ..."
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