ponytail
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Noun
ponytail (plural ponytails)
- A hairstyle where the hair is pulled back and tied into a single "tail" which hangs down behind the head.
- 2021, Becky S. Li, Howard I. Maibach, Ethnic Skin and Hair and Other Cultural Considerations, page 154:
- The physician should evaluate for a history of tight ponytails, buns, chignons, braids, twists, weaves, cornrows, dreadlocks, sisterlocks, and hair wefts in addition to the usage of religious hair coverings.
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hairstyle
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Verb
ponytail (third-person singular simple present ponytails, present participle ponytailing, simple past and past participle ponytailed)
- (transitive) To form (the hair) into a ponytail.
- 2017, A. W. Hartoin, Brain Trust:
- “Don't mention it,” she said, ponytailing her hair and then sockbunning it with amazing speed.
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