Meaning

3 senses
  1. A member of an indigenous people of North America originally from the Mohawk Valley in upstate New York to southern Quebec and eastern Ontario, the easternmost of the Iroquois Five Nations.

    мохокmoxok, могаукmogauk, мохавкmoxavk

    a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living along the Mohawk River in New York State

  2. A hairstyle where both sides are shaved, with the hair along the crest of the head kept long, and usually styled so as to stand straight up.

    Irokesenschnitt, Iro

    ироке́зirokéz

    іроке́зirokéz

  3. (historical)A member of a gang (the Mohocks) that terrorized London in the early 18th century.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. The barber gave Mary a mohawk.

    ruПарикмахер сделал Мэри ирокез. — Wezel

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  2. Tom wanted to get a mohawk.

  3. Ziri came out of the hair salon with a blue mohawk.

  4. People with Mohawk haircuts frighten me!

    Люди з зачіскою "ірокез" лякають мене. — ChickenKiev

    ruМеня пугают люди с причёской «Ирокез»! — afyodor

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  5. Stefan had a green Mohawk.

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
hairstyle:
Русский
By meaning 2
indigenous people of North America:
hairstyle:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
hairstyle:

Origin

From Dutch Mohawk.

From Dutch Mohawk.

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Forms

plural: Mohawks / Mohawk
SingularMohawk
PluralMohawks / Mohawk

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • haircut in which the head is shaved except for a band of hair down the middle of the scalp:mohawk haircut
  • the Iroquoian language spoken by the Mohawk:Mohawk language

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
Mohawk — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto