flattop

Meaning

1. (US) A short haircut in which the hair is brushed straight up then cut flat across the top.
2. (US, informal) An aircraft carrier.
3. 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.
4. A grill with a flat cooking surface rather than metal bars.

Synonyms

aircraft carrier

carrier

crew cut

attack aircraft carrier

aircraft-carrier

Translations

porta-aviões

Flugzeugträger

porte-avions

portaerei

portaaviones

transportador

de ponta chata

Porta-aviões

porte-aéronefs

نَاقِلَة طَائِرَات

portaavions

αεροπλανοφόρο

porte-avion

الشعر القصير

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.