variants
or less commonly faux hawk
or fauxhawk
plural faux-hawks also faux hawks or fauxhawks
: a hairstyle resembling a Mohawk (see mohawk entry 1 sense 3) in having a central ridge of upright hair but with the sides gathered or slicked upward or back instead of shaved
… a brand-new photo from a shoot in which she's wearing a makeshift mohawk. A faux-hawk, if you will.—
Kaleigh Fasanella
Kaleigh FasanellaHis hair is more of a fauxhawk now, long all over but gelled up into bleached-blond spikes at the top.—Billy Haisley
Billy Haisley
also
: a hairstyle with a wider area of upright hair than a Mohawk and with the sides and often the back shaved or closely cropped
"… I love the faux-hawk, I love the fade … up to the messy hair. … " —Sergio Morales
Sergio Morales Three-time Grammy winner Gwen Stefani gave her boyfriend Blake Shelton a trim … . The 50-year-old pop diva used clippers to cut the sides of his head, which wound up looking more like a faux-hawk than the … mullet she originally attempted … —Cassie Carpenter
Cassie Carpenter The faux hawk is a subdued version of the authority-challenging mohawk but without the shaved sides and neon colors. … The cut is important because the middle is left longer so that the hair can be pushed up to create the faux-hawk look. —Daniel J. Vargas
Daniel J. Vargas Examples of faux-hawk in a Sentence
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Harper was rocking a short top and a high skin fade on the sides and a faux-hawk type in the back.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2025
As for her glam, Rinna went with a punk aesthetic, styling her pixie cut into a faux-hawk style.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 9 Apr. 2025
Don't worry about Ben Affleck and his new faux-hawk.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 10 Aug. 2024
Apodaca, a biologist with a salt-and-pepper faux-hawk, was looking for a creature that, to an untrained eye, might be impossible to find: a rare salamander that lives hidden in narrow crevices no larger than an inch wide.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 18 June 2024
That was all Stephen, as was Rih’s faux-hawk swoop in 2009.
—Christine Werthman, Billboard, 1 Mar. 2024
Hairstylist Adir Abergel, who frequently works with the actor and crafted her faux-hawk for the 2024 Golden Globes, was behind the half-and-half style.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 10 Jan. 2024
Of course, Pugh's beauty game was similarly daring; her quirky faux-hawk adding some lovely edge to the ensemble as well.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2024
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Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2025
As for her glam, Rinna went with a punk aesthetic, styling her pixie cut into a faux-hawk style.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 9 Apr. 2025
Don't worry about Ben Affleck and his new faux-hawk.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 10 Aug. 2024
Apodaca, a biologist with a salt-and-pepper faux-hawk, was looking for a creature that, to an untrained eye, might be impossible to find: a rare salamander that lives hidden in narrow crevices no larger than an inch wide.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 18 June 2024
That was all Stephen, as was Rih’s faux-hawk swoop in 2009.
—Christine Werthman, Billboard, 1 Mar. 2024
Hairstylist Adir Abergel, who frequently works with the actor and crafted her faux-hawk for the 2024 Golden Globes, was behind the half-and-half style.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 10 Jan. 2024
Of course, Pugh's beauty game was similarly daring; her quirky faux-hawk adding some lovely edge to the ensemble as well.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2024
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“Faux-hawk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/faux-hawk. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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