Mohawk

[moh-hawk] /ˈmoʊ hɔk/
noun, plural Mohawks (especially collectively) Mohawk.
1.
a member of a tribe of the most easterly of the Iroquois Five Nations, formerly resident along the Mohawk River, New York.
2.
the Iroquoian language of the Mohawk Indians.
3.
a river flowing E from central New York to the Hudson. 148 miles (240 km) long.
4.
(often lowercase). Also called Mohawk haircut. a hairstyle in which the head is shaved bare except for a strip of hair, usually with blunt, brushlike ends, down the center of the scalp from the forehead to the nape of the neck.
5.
Military. a twin turboprop, two-seat U.S. Army aircraft fitted with cameras, radar, and infrared sensors and designed to monitor enemy operations.
British Dictionary definitions for Mohawk

mohawk

/ˈməʊhɔːk/
noun
1.
(skating) a half turn from either edge of either skate to the corresponding edge of the other skate
2.
(US & Canadian) a punk hairstyle in which the head is shaved at the sides and the remaining strip of hair is worn stiffly erect and sometimes brightly coloured Also called (in Britain and certain other countries) mohican
Word Origin
C19: after Mohawk1

Mohawk1

/ˈməʊhɔːk/
noun
1.
(pl) -hawks, -hawk. a member of a North American Indian people formerly living along the Mohawk River; one of the Iroquois peoples
2.
the language of this people, belonging to the Iroquoian family

Mohawk2

/ˈməʊhɔːk/
noun
1.
a river in E central New York State, flowing south and east to the Hudson River at Cohoes: the largest tributary of the Hudson. Length: 238 km (148 miles)
Word Origin and History for Mohawk

North American Indian tribe name, Iroquoian, 1630s, Mohowawogs (plural), said to mean "they eat living things" in a southern New England Algonquian tongue, probably a reference to cannibalism. Cf. Unami Delaware /muhuwe:yck/ "cannibal monsters." The people's name for themselves is kanye'keha:ka. Meaning "haircut style favored by punk rockers" is c.1975, from fancied resemblance to hair style of the Indians in old illustrations. The style of cut earlier was called a Mohican (1960). Mohoc, Mohock, variant form of the word, was the name given 1711 to gangs of aristocratic London ruffians.

Slang definitions & phrases for Mohawk

Mohawk

noun

A haircut in which the side hair is shaved off, leaving a brushlike line of hair down the middle of the scalp: like this guy that comes into Mattie's all the time with a Mohawk/all make a good Mohawk

[1970s+; fr its fancied resemblance to the hairstyle of Mohawk Indian males; the style was much affected by the punk rockers]