ciocca — meaning in English

English meaning

• foretop noun The top of the head; the top of the forehead.
• lock noun A device that fastens something shut, opened only with a key, code, or similar means.
• locks noun Strands or tresses of hair, viewed collectively.
• strand noun One of the individual threads or wires twisted together to make a rope, cable, or cord.
• tuft noun A small bunch of hair, grass, feathers, or similar strands bunched together at the base.
• wisp noun A thin, light streak or strand of something, such as smoke, hair, or cloud.

Senses

ciocca is used for these senses in English:

• foretop (UK, _, dialectal) An erect tuft of hair.
• locks A head of hair; tresses.
• strand An individual length of any fine, string-like substance.
• tuft A bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base.
• wisp A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group.

foretop — full definition

1. noun The top of the head; the top of the forehead.
2. noun The lock of hair which grows on top of the forehead; the corresponding part of a wig.
3. noun In the phrase, to take time (or occasion or opportunity) by the foretop, meaning "to boldly seize an opportunity".
4. noun A fop; one who sports a foretop.

lock — full definition

1. noun A device that fastens something shut, opened only with a key, code, or similar means.
2. verb To fasten something with a lock, or to become fixed in place.
3. noun A section of a canal enclosed by gates, used to raise or lower boats between different water levels.
4. noun A strand or tuft of hair.

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