"cowlick" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkaʊˌlɪk/, /ˈkælɪk/ [US, regional] Forms: cowlicks [plural]
Rhymes: (US, regional) -ælɪk Etymology: From cow + lick; as the hair may appear to have been licked into place by a cow. Etymology templates: {{com|en|cow|lick}} cow + lick Head templates: {{en-noun}} cowlick (plural cowlicks)
  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. Categories (topical): Hair Synonyms: calflick, cow-lick, cow lick Derived forms: cowlicked Translations (unruly lock of hair): reveixí [masculine] (Catalan), alimpulo (Cebuano), (Chinese Cantonese), (Chinese Cantonese), koslik (Danish), weerborstel [masculine] (Dutch), épi [masculine] (French), remuíño [masculine] (Galician), Haarwirbel [masculine] (German), deisealán [masculine] (Irish), ciuffo ribelle [masculine] (Italian), ritrosa [feminine] (Italian), アホ毛 (ahoge) (Japanese), waerbeustel [masculine] (Limburgish), atsiitʼáá haʼnootsʼeeʼ (Navajo), kosmyk [masculine] (Polish), redemoinho [masculine] (Portuguese), vârtej [neuter] (Romanian), moț [neuter] (Romanian), вихор (vixor) [masculine] (Russian), pilos a s'imberta (Sardinian), чупе́рак [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), čuperak [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), remolino [masculine] (Spanish), mechón [masculine] (Spanish), koslick (Swedish), puyo (Tagalog), ขวัญ (kwǎn) (Thai), khoáy (Vietnamese)

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      "sense": "unruly lock of hair",
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      "sense": "unruly lock of hair",
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  "word": "cowlick"
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