scrunchie

noun scrunch·ie \ ˈskrən-chē , ˈskru̇n- \

variants: or scrunchy

|Updated on: 31 Jul 2018

Definition of scrunchie

plural scrunchies

: a fabric-covered elastic used for holding back hair (as in a ponytail)

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Fortunately, the resurgence of the simple scrunchie offers a quick and infinitely easy means of escapist insouciance.

— calin van paris, Vogue, "Selena Gomez Has the Perfect Summer Vacation Hair Accessory," 20 June 2018
The singer added a little holiday flare by topping off her outfit with a bright red jacket and patriotic scrunchies in her hair, which was tied back into two high buns.

— stephanie petit, PEOPLE.com, "Selena Gomez Hangs with 'Brudder' David Henrie During 'Family' Trip to Disneyland," 5 July 2018
One of them is Zainab, who wears her hair up in a pink scrunchie and has just pinched one of her classmates again.

— catherine porter, New York Times, "1 Neighborhood. 24 Kindergarten Classes. 40 Languages. (Some Miming Helps.)," 29 June 2018
One photo, taken on June 30, 1998, shows Kenny G playing the saxophone for two girls decked out in scrunchies and tie-dye; in the background, a man cups the cheeks of a woman grinning from ear to ear.

— elena weissmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Summerfest 1998 featured scrunchies, tie-dye and Widespread Panic," 28 June 2018
And, bizarrely, Shannen Doherty, hair adorned with the red scrunchie her character Heather Duke donned in the movie, firing a gun.

— refinery29.com, "Paramount TV Drops The Heathers Reboot In Light Of National Conversation About Gun Violence," 4 June 2018
But perhaps that’s the price for owning something that is in every way the opposite of a scrunchie.

— kathleen hou, The Cut, "Meet the Anti-Scrunchie," 13 June 2018
My earliest memories of scrunchies were picking up a few ratty drugstore ones to pineapple my hair with at night in middle school.

— rachel nussbaum, Glamour, "I Recreated Iconic Scrunchie Looks for a Week," 28 May 2018
Ginsburg is visible mainly from the scrunchie that peeks out over her seat.

— simon van zuylen-wood, Daily Intelligencer, "How Neil Gorsuch Became the Second-Most-Polarizing Man in Washington," 28 May 2018

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: a piece of elastic in the shape of a circle that is covered with fabric and used to hold hair back in a ponytail, bun, etc.

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