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Definition of afro
afro 
noun
- any large hair style.
Check out that guy's afro.
- See more words with the same meaning: hair, facial hair.
Last edited on Mar 20 1998. Submitted by Anonymous from Houston, TX, USA on Mar 20 1998.
- a large, almost spherical hair style generally attributed to people of African descent. Often abbreviated "fro."
- See more words with the same meaning: hair, facial hair.
Last edited on Oct 01 2001. Submitted by Anonymous on Oct 01 2001.
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Other terms relating to 'hair, facial hair': | |
| Definitions include: a hair style that is short in the front and on the top, and long in the back. | |
| Definitions include: a mullet on a woman. | |
| Definitions include: messy hair from sleeping. | |
| Definitions include: facial hair between the bottom lip and the chin; "flavor-saver". | |
| Definitions include: Bangs, the hair that hangs over your forehead | |
| Definitions include: genitalia. | |
| Definitions include: moustache. | |
| Definitions include: a mullet. | |
| Definitions include: the darkening of mens' faces late in the day due to hair growth after prior shaving. | |
| Definitions include: a light-blond person. | |
| Definitions include: afro. | |
| Definitions include: a patch of hair between the bottom lip and the chin; "soul patch". | |
| Definitions include: a person who dyes their hair blonde. | |
| Definitions include: See the carpet matches the drapes. | |
| Definitions include: to be arrested and put in a jail cell. | |
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| Definitions include: pubic hair that is kept in a style that compares to a microphone head. | |
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