mohawked

Sporting punk hair

Mohawked describes someone sporting a mohawk hairstyle—hair shaved on the sides with a strip left standing down the center of the head.

The style is associated with punk culture and rebellion: A mohawked teenager skateboarded past.

It can also describe things resembling this shape: a mohawked crest of feathers.

hairstyle

spike

Sharp rise or point

  • crestHighest point or tuft
  • shaveCut hair close
  • gelWobbly semi-solid substance

undercut · fauxhawk · buzzcut · plume · tuft · pompadour · quiff · frohawk · coiffure · trim

punk

spiked

Secretly added alcohol

subculture · moshpit · anarchy · tattoos · studs · patches · zines · fanzine · underground · hardcore

rebel

nonconformist

Rejects prevailing social standards

daring · unconventional · subversive · radical · iconoclast · renegade · audacious · fearless · anti-establishment · outsider

Opposites
hairstyle type

mohawkedbald

Without hair on head

shaved · clean-shaven · shorn · close-cropped · long-haired

cultural signaling/conformity

mohawkedclean-cut

Neat in appearance

conservative · conventional · preppy · buttoned-up · strait-laced

Phrases
Family

mohawk, Mohawk, mohawks

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G