0 a hairstyle in which the hair grows straight, usually to just above the eyes, and is cut to the same length all around, as if it has been done by putting a bowl upside down on the person's head and cutting all around it:
The youngest, an 8-year-old, his blond hair in a bowl cut, looked tired.
The books recount the adventures of Herbie Popnecker, a corpulent kid with half-lidded eyes, thick glasses and a hideous bowl cut.
The problem with all those early-1990s bands wasn't so much the music as their habit of staring at their shoes while sporting appalling bowl cuts.
