Hairdo - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms

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SKIP TO CONTENT hairdo /ˌhɛərˈdu/ /ˈhɛədu/ IPA guide

Other forms: hairdos

A hairdo is what a stylist gives you when he cuts and styles your hair. You might go to the salon to get a fancy hairdo before your cousin's wedding.

Hairdo is an informal word for "hairstyle." It's the way your hair is cut, dried, and arranged on your head, especially if there's some effort put into it. The way your hair looks when you roll out of bed in the morning isn't a hairdo, and pulling it back into a ponytail or covering it with a bandanna isn't a hairdo either. The elaborate beehive piled five inches high on your grandma's head? Now that's a hairdo.

Definitions of hairdo

noun the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) synonyms: coif, coiffure, hair style, hairstyle see moresee less types: show 24 types... hide 24 types... beehive a hairdo resembling a beehive bouffant a woman's hairstyle in which the hair gives a puffy appearance haircut the style in which hair has been cut Afro, Afro hairdo a rounded thickly curled hairdo bang, fringe a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead bob a hair style for women and children; a short haircut all around wave a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair braid, plait, tress, twist a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair chignon a roll of hair worn at the nape of the neck marcel a hairdo characterized by deep regular waves that are made by a heated curling iron pageboy a smooth hair style with the ends of the hair curled inward pompadour a hair style in which the front hair is swept up from the forehead ponytail a hair style that draws the hair back so that it hangs down in back of the head like a pony's tail roach a roll of hair brushed back from the forehead scalp lock a long tuft of hair left on top of the shaven head thatch hair resembling thatched roofing material mullet a hairstyle in which the hair is left long at the back but cut short on the top and sides finger wave a wave made with the fingers queue a braid of hair at the back of the head pigtail a plait of braided hair perm, permanent, permanent wave a series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals brush cut a short haircut with hairs standing up like a brush crew cut, flattop a closely cropped haircut; usually for men mohawk, mohawk haircut haircut in which the head is shaved except for a band of hair down the middle of the scalp type of: hair a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss

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