Definitions for cowlick

cowlick cow·lick

Spelling: [kou-lik]
IPA: /ˈkaʊˌlɪk/

Cowlick is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 83 anagrams from letters in cowlick (cciklow).

Definitions for cowlick

noun

  1. a tuft of hair that grows in a direction different from that of the rest of the hair.

Origin of cowlick

First recorded in 1590-1600; cow1 + lick

Examples for cowlick

He chuckled immoderately and pressed his cowlick down, which defiant tuft popped instantly back to its position of attention.

So he put down the spuds and begun to curry that cowlick of hisn.

I never yet saw a fellow with a cowlick who amounted to a hill of beans.

Once I saw Dan's cowlick shake like the plume of an angry warrior as his wife turned toward him inquiringly.

I've been fighting this cowlick ever since I've been a kid—stocking caps, gunk, the works.

Trousers may be brought to order in a few minutes, but to subdue a cowlick is a matter of years.

From the top of his forehead to the cowlick on the back of his head ran a broad white scar.

Word Value for cowlick
Scrable

18

Words with friends

21

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