Used in a Sentence

dreadlocks

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for dreadlocks.

Editorial note

The cool coder with the dreadlocks and no degree might still be able to get a job.

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Quick take

A hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into matted strings.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of dreadlocks gathered in one view.

noun

A hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into matted strings.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for dreadlocks.

noun

A hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into matted strings.

Example sentences

1

The cool coder with the dreadlocks and no degree might still be able to get a job.

2

The kind of school that prevents a student with dreadlocks to attend schold indefinitely [1]?

3

It had skin like a lizard and dreadlocks that looked like heavy black cables.

4

Try getting a job with dreadlocks, or if you don't speak the white dialect of English, or if you can't afford a suit.

5

In fact, I have dreadlocks and people like it, because I look healthy and self confident.

6

How many of african americans in your circle have dreadlocks and afros?

7

A 6-foot tall woman with red dreadlocks playing the cello beautifully.

8

And not just african americans, african americans with dreadlocks and afros?

9

Many have assumed that he is a drug user probably because of his dreadlocks, but Jaron Lanier has declared that he has never used controlled substances.

10

Also, anyone who goes to Japan notices, that they go for totally-over-the-top-ness (for example, the Tokyo reggae subculture is populated by people with really huge dreadlocks).

11

Same thing used to happen to me when I had dreadlocks.

12

I know people who trip fairly frequently and beyond some dreadlocks or tie dyed shirts off the clock, they are perfectly normal well adjusted people.

Quote examples

1

You're quite severely strawmanning the original poster and 99% of liberals who don't have dreadlocks and punctuate every sentence with ",man".

2

How does "fuck you and your dreadlocks" do anything to help people?

3

You cannot coerce someone into looking like an American, and a majority of Americans only look at me with abjection or fear since I have "wild" dreadlocks, which to them look unkept.

4

Twenty minutes later, as a white guy with dreadlocks is dumping vegan brownies onto the bed [...] I'm not judging morally, even if stating that it's a good way "to evaluate men" makes me uncomfortable.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use dreadlocks in a sentence?

The cool coder with the dreadlocks and no degree might still be able to get a job.

What does dreadlocks mean?

A hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into matted strings.

What part of speech is dreadlocks?

dreadlocks is commonly used as noun.