"flattop" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: flattops [plural]
Etymology: From flat + top. Sense of “aircraft carrier” attributed to the message, “Scratch one flattop,” radioed during the Battle of the Coral Sea by LCDR Robert E. Dixon to the USS Lexington, whose commanding officer credited the pilot with coining the standard USN slang. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|flat|top}} flat + top Head templates: {{en-noun}} flattop (plural flattops)
  1. (US) A short haircut in which the hair is brushed straight up then cut flat across the top. Tags: US Categories (topical): Hair
    Sense id: en-flattop-en-noun-kT9L-WtS Disambiguation of Hair: 35 4 34 27 Categories (other): American English
  2. (US, navy, informal) An aircraft carrier. Tags: US, informal
    Sense id: en-flattop-en-noun-gItPadi- Categories (other): American English Topics: government, military, navy, politics, war
  3. (music) A type of stringed instrument, most often an acoustic guitar, with a flat top (as opposed to an archtop), with strings held in place with pins, and with a complex system of bracing struts on the top. Categories (topical): Musical instruments, Hair Synonyms (guitar with a flat top): folk guitar
    Sense id: en-flattop-en-noun--Khwfitt Disambiguation of Hair: 35 4 34 27 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 8 46 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 4 50 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 4 50 41 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'guitar with a flat top': 4 1 63 32
  4. (cooking) A grill with a flat cooking surface rather than metal bars. Categories (topical): Cooking, Hair
    Sense id: en-flattop-en-noun-JYhKa9Id Disambiguation of Hair: 35 4 34 27 Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 4 50 41 Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: flat top, flat-top

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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