scrunchie

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

variants: or scrunchy

|Updated on: 19 Jun 2018

Definition of scrunchie

plural scrunchies

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

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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
So, break out your Sean John, Fubu, scrunchies and Lisa Frank, and make sure to show up early, because who wants to wait in line? DJs will spin all Saturday night, with a ’90s photo booth on-site, all for a $5 cover charge.

— adam lukach, RedEye Chicago, "5 things to do this weekend in Chicago," 26 Oct. 2017
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is finally opening up about her penchant for hair scrunchies.

— karen mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, "Ruth Bader Ginsburg Is a Curator of International Scrunchies: 'My Best Come from Zurich'," 21 Mar. 2018
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is finally opening up about her penchant for hair scrunchies.

— atlanta life, ajc, "Where Ruth Bader Ginsburg gets her scrunchies: 'My best come from Zurich'," 21 Mar. 2018
Love 'em, hate 'em, or try to ignore 'em, but scrunchies are making a comeback, according to WWD.

— jihan forbes, Allure, "Scrunchies Are Officially Making a Comeback," 8 Jan. 2018
Or maybe - as the Wall Street Journal had a trend piece about scrunchies this week - is that everything born in the 1980s is having a minute right now.

— nina mandell, USA TODAY, "A pair of 30-somethings ruled the NBA on Wednesday," 22 Mar. 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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