hairdo

noun

hair·​do ˈher-ˌdü 

plural hairdos

: the way in which someone's hair is cut and arranged : hairstyle

… remember seeing her on TV with Glen Campbell, with those awesome clothes. … Tight jeans and the Sixties bouffant hairdo and bangs and lots of heavy eyeliner …

—Rolling Stone

Synonyms

• hairstyle
• haircut
• coiffure
• ponytail

Examples of hairdo in a Sentence

that hairdo makes her face look softer and rounder

Recent Examples on the Web

Mount, for example, sports a curly hairdo and a gut to play the nebbish creator of the show, while Paul Wesley’s Kirk is an actor who plays a starship captain who delivers lines in a Shatner-esque style. —Vanessa Armstrong, IndieWire, 31 July 2025

Lola Tung arrived at the Prime Book Club Live event in Australia on Wednesday morning with an avant-garde hairdo and lavender-toned blush. —Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 30 July 2025

Then this little love bug showed up with a Mohawk hairdo and our hearts just expanded. —Janine Henni, People.com, 9 July 2025

Fast-forward to 2025 and the robot now has slightly different features, including a new more life-like hairdo and a facial expression closer to Trump's trademark glower. —Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1912, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for hairdo

• accrue
• ado
• ainu
• aircrew
• airscrew
• anew
• askew
• baboo
• babu
• bamboo
• beaucoup
• bijou

Kids Definition

hairdo

noun

hair·​do -ˌdü 

plural hairdos

: a way of dressing a person's hair : coiffure

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