headcut

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noun

An erosional feature of some intermittent and perennial streams with an abrupt vertical drop (knickpoint) in the stream bed.

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Meanings

nounheadcut (plural headcuts)

plural headcuts

  1. An erosional feature of some intermittent and perennial streams with an abrupt vertical drop (knickpoint) in the stream bed.

    Above the lower headcut, phreatophytic mesquite and little leaf sumac hug the banks, drawing pendulate water from the silts remaining from former marsh deposits and sending long taproots into channel stores.

    2007, Susan L. Woodward, “Modern Vegetation of the Murray Springs Area and the Upper San Pedro Valley”, in Caleb Vance Haynes, Bruce B. Huckell, editor, Murray Springs, page 58

Origin

From head + cut.

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APA

headcut. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/headcut

MLA

“headcut.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/headcut. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “headcut,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/headcut.

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