baby hair

noun

plural baby hairs

: short fine hair that grows along a person's hairline

Many women of color with natural hair and coarser coils use a styling gel pomade to slick down their unruly baby hairs since that hair is usually a softer texture and shorter than the rest.

—Maya Allen

Her long brunette locks had been pulled back in a sleek high ponytail, with a few baby hairs coming loose near her temples.

—Ava Bennet

… using toothbrushes or oversize boar bristle brushes for styling baby hair.

—Tembe Denton-Hurst

Examples of baby hair in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Backstage, puffs of VIP Strong Hold Texturizing Hair Spray filled the air while creaseless clips set curls and baby hairs into place. —Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2025

Always in pursuit of smoothing out your baby hairs and flyaways? —Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025

More of a silky serum than a sticky gel, Garnier Fructis Sleek & Shine Frizz Tamer slicks down fuzzies, flyaways, and baby hairs and leaves them sleek and shiny thanks to the addition of argan oil and keratin. —Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025

The fierce youngster also wore adorable bantu knots, swooped baby hairs to the heavens, and black shades. —Essence, 15 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for baby hair

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