Cowlick
/ˈkaʊˌlɪk/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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."
- 2 a tuft of hair that grows in a different direction from the rest of the hair and usually will not lie flat wordnet
Example
More examples"We would touch strangers discreetly, feathering down their cowlicks."
Etymology
From cow + lick; as the hair may appear to have been licked into place by a cow.