Meanings
nounBeatle cut (plural Beatle cuts)
plural Beatle cuts
- A mid-length hairstyle popularised and commonly used by the Beatles.
One of her companions - a lanky youth with a Beatle-cut hairdo - hammered in a pin with the flat of his hand and hissed: "That's for the old man - he wouldn't let me use the car tonight."
1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 67
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
From the 1960s on, in reference to the haircut which was commonly used by the British rock band the Beatles.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
Beatle cut. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Beatle%20cut
MLA
“Beatle cut.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Beatle%20cut. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Beatle cut,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Beatle%20cut.
Source: Beatle cut on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.