dreadlocked

English

Etymology

From dreadlock + -ed.

Adjective

dreadlocked (not comparable)

1. Wearing dreadlocks.

   Synonym: ropeheaded

   The dreadlocked guitarist played a solo.

   • 2013 November 25, Lydia DePillis, “Microsoft might be beating Google at retail. No, really.”, in The Washington Post‎^[1], Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 November 2025:

     "Yes! That was awesome!" a dreadlocked game-master cheered, as one girl triumphed in her game of Fantasy Football.

Verb

dreadlocked

1. simple past and past participle of dreadlock