dreadlocks

Borrowed from Jamaican Creole dreadlocks. Compound of dread +‎ locks, in reference to the dread or awe of God.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɹɛdlɒks/

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dreadlocks pl (normally plural, singular dreadlock)

1. A hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in which the hair is left to grow into long matted strings.
   • 2021, Becky S. Li, ‎Howard I. Maibach, Ethnic Skin and Hair and Other Cultural Considerations (page 154)

     The physician should evaluate for a history of tight ponytails, buns, chignons, braids, twists, weaves, cornrows, dreadlocks, sisterlocks, and hair wefts in addition to the usage of religious hair coverings.

• dreads
• locks

• brotherlocks
• sisterlocks

• braids

• saddlerock

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dreadlocks

1. plural of dreadlock

dreadlocks m

1. plural of dreadlock