Meanings
verbdreadlock (third-person singular simple present dreadlocks, present participle dreadlocking, simple past and past participle dreadlocked)
present singular third person dreadlocks · participle present dreadlocking · participle past dreadlocked · past dreadlocked
- transitiveTo put (hair) into dreadlocks.
I paced the avenues, mane dreadlocked by city dirt.
2004, David Benioff, When the Nines Roll Over and Other Stories, →ISBN, page 86Synonyms: dread
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo put (hair) into dreadlocks.
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Translations
Dutch dreadlock
- dreadlocksingle strand of dreadlocks
Finnish rasta
- rastasingle strand of dreadlocks
French dread, cadenette
- dreadsingle strand of dreadlocks
- cadenettesingle strand of dreadlocks
Māori kōrinorino, uru mange
- kōrinorinosingle strand of dreadlocks
- uru mangesingle strand of dreadlocks
Spanish rasta
- rastasingle strand of dreadlocks
Swahili rasta
- rastasingle strand of dreadlocks
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APA
dreadlock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dreadlock
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“dreadlock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dreadlock. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dreadlock,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dreadlock.
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