Loc
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ləʊk/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Loc is a noun meaning (informal, usually in the plural) A dreadlock.
Meaning
(informal, usually in the plural) A dreadlock.
More Meanings
- (informal, transitive) To style (the hair) in dreadlocks.
- (software engineering, translation studies) Clipping of localization.
- (US, slang) Clipping of loco (“crazy”).
- Alternative letter-case form of LOC.
Example Sentences
Wassup, can a loc come up in your crib?
Dread Head will assist you with temporarily locing your hair.
Thinning hair can be especially disconcerting when one is trying to wear 'locs, also known as dreadlocks, which I'd first begun in late 2001. […] I finally fetched the shears and, cringing, cut off each 'loc at the point where new growth was coming in.
Locs are another protective hairstyle that dates back to Africa. This rope-like hairstyle is achieved by matting the hair. Priests of the Ethiopian Coptic religion in 500 BCE wore locs, and the first archaeological evidence of locs comes from East Africa.
Word Forms
- locs
- locing
- loced
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