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pixie cut

The English word “pixie cut” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. A women's hairstyle, generally short on the back and sides of the head and slightly longer on the top.

Etymology

From traditional depictions of mythological pixies. First popularized in the 1950s by Audrey Hepburn and later by Jean Seberg.

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