hairdo

«hairdo» in Mova's school dictionary: cut and styled, especially a special or fancy style — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a hairdo, hairdos)

meaning for a pupil

(informal) The way someone's hair is cut and styled, especially a special or fancy style. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life «hairdo» is a friendly, slightly old-fashioned word for a hairstyle, often for weddings, parties or school photos. In stories it can show a character's personality or be funny when the wind ruins it. Phrases: a new hairdo, a fancy hairdo.

examples

• Mum got a new hairdo for the wedding. tree →
• The wind wrecked Auntie's hairdo. tree →
• My sister's hairdo has plaits and ribbons. tree →
• Look at the funny hairdos in Grandad's old photos! tree →
• The singer is famous for her big hairdo. tree →
• I want a short hairdo for the summer. tree →

note

Plural: hairdos. Informal. Similar: hairstyle, haircut. A «hairdresser» does a hairdo; a «barber» cuts mostly men's and boys' hair.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «hairdo» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.