SINCE 1828
pigtail
noun
pig·tail
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Definition of pigtail
1
: tobacco in small twisted strands or rolls
2
: a tight braid of hair
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Pissy’s head was bald, sprouting with two sinister Pippi Longstocking pigtails of wig hair that hung like mean, foot-long shoulder dusters. — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, "Pissy Pussy Is the Sassy Drag Queen Keeping New York’s Nightlife Scene Alive," 5 Sep. 2018 West's curly hair is pulled into sleek pigtails by her mom's hairstylist Chris Appleton. — Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR, "North West, Age Five, Stars On Her First Solo Magazine Cover," 22 Feb. 2019 Emulate her easy-to-ID signature ombre pink and blue pigtails from Margot Robbie's portrayal of the supervillain in Suicide Squad, and don't forget to smudge your eyes with pink and blue eye shadow to match the hair. — Cameron Glover, Allure, "11 Halloween Costumes That You Can Do With Just a Wig," 9 Oct. 2018 Twist your pigtails from root to end, then wrap the twist around your elastic and secure it with bobby pins. — Zoë Weiner, Teen Vogue, "Millie Bobby Brown Brings Her Ribbon Spin to Space Buns," 5 Sep. 2018 Pull your hair into two pigtails high up on your head, making sure to smooth any major bumps along the base of your head. — Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR, "Gigi Hadid Just Reminded Us How Much We Love Space Buns," 4 Dec. 2018 But leave it to Madonna to take an entirely new—not to mention creative—approach to airport hair, landing at New York's JFK airport yesterday with a recognizable set of pigtail braids. — Jenna Rennert, Vogue, "Madonna’s Cool-Girl Braids Are the Ultimate Travel Day Beauty Solution," 29 Jan. 2019 The cooler cousin to pigtails, space buns are a fun and whimsical hairstyle that looks great on all hair textures. — Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR, "Gigi Hadid Just Reminded Us How Much We Love Space Buns," 4 Dec. 2018 Luna's bubble-gum pink dress artfully draped behind her with matching pigtail ribbons—looks like there's another model-in-training at the Legend-Teigen (Teigen-Legend?) household. — Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, "Author, Cook, Mom, Wife Chrissy Teigen Is Also One of the Highest Paid Models," 14 Dec. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'pigtail.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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pigtail
noun
pig·tail
| \ ˈpig-ˌtāl
\
\
Kids Definition of pigtail
: a tight braid of hair
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