A mass of hair rolled or wound in a (more or less) cylindrical form as a feature of a hairstyle. Cf. French roll, n. 2 neck-roll n. (b) at neck, n.1…

A rounded mass of material such as may be formed by gathering in the edges tightly, or (in Needlework, Knitting, etc.) by the pattern of the…

applied sarcastically to a style of hair-dressing.

Originally Scottish. A women's hairstyle popular in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, consisting of a very high gathering of hair…

transferred and figurative. A head-dress, or a head of hair, likened to a turban.

Any object, esp. a hairstyle, wig, etc., that resembles a bird's nest in shape or function. Frequently as modifier.

slang. A high ponytail (see quot. 1840). Obsolete. rare.

A piece or section of hair styled upwards, resembling a cock's comb (typically worn by a man); a hairstyle consisting of this.

U.S. regional (chiefly southern and south Midland). A hairstyle in which the hair is brushed so as to stand up or sweep back from the face; a roll or…

Something loose and pendulous; = flap, n. 4.

Hairdressing. A hairstyle that resembles that of Buster Brown; a bob or pageboy cut. Usually attributive.

South African. figurative. Any of the tightly curled tufts in which the hair of the Khoesan people characteristically grows. Usually in plural. Also…

spec. An upswept hairstyle.

Of a hairstyle: puffed out; arranged in a swelling or fluffy style. Hence as n., such a hairstyle.

A high beehive-shaped hairstyle.

A hairstyle resembling that of any of the representations of Prince Valiant; either a short, straight bob or a longer, pageboy cut; frequently attrib…

(transitive) to style and dry (hair) with a brush or comb and hand-held hairdryer; also as n.

attributive. Designating a style of clothes, hair, etc., similar to that worn by or popularly associated with Mary Stuart (Mary, Queen of Scots…

Of a person's hair: puffed out; arranged in a swelling or fluffy style; = bouffant, adj. b.

= sense A. 4.

In form Mohican (also mohican). A Mohican hairstyle (see sense B. 2). Also: a person with such a hairstyle.

A hairstyle resembling a Mohawk (Mohawk, n. 4), in which the hair is styled upwards in a strip running from the front to the back of the head but…