• Dreads

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -É›dz

    Origin 1

    Abbreviation of dreadlocks. Mean “Rastafarian person” by synecdoche.

    Alternative forms

    Full definition of dreads

    Noun

    dreads

    (plural only)
    1. (colloquial) dreadlocks
    2. (Rastafarianism) A Rastafarian person.

    Origin 2

    Verb

    dreads
    1. dreads

      (third-person singular of dread)
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