sideburns
pronunciation
How to pronounce sideburns in British English: UK ['saɪdbɜ:nz]
How to pronounce sideburns in American English: US [ˈsaɪdˌbɚnz]
Word Origin
- sideburns (n.)
- 1880, American English, alteration of burnsides (q.v).
Example
- 1. Full-width , pop-up trimmer easily grooms your sideburns and mustache .
- 2. Very well , sir . How about your sideburns ?
- 3. When you get thick sideburns , you end up looking like elvis .
- 4. He was a tall bald man wearing sideburns .
- 5. Do you want to raise these sideburns a little bit ?