French twist

Definition of French twistnext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for French twist
Noun
  • Way back in the decade of big hair and (even bigger) shoulder pads, Minogue’s showbiz story didn’t actually start with music.
    Louis Staples, Glamour, 29 May 2026
  • The next scene will be set on Halloween in the 1980s, with big hair and bold fashion.
    Eve Chen, USA Today, 28 May 2026
Noun
  • While Republicans made the tax cuts for the wealthy permanent, these minor tax cuts for a few ordinary Americans are short-lived.
    Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 8 July 2025
  • But that is still a sizable market; a 2020 analysis found that 10.5 million Americans used home hair permanents and relaxers, and clients are still having their hair relaxed at salons.
    Linda Villarosa Robin Miles Krish Seenivasan Alec K. Redfearn, New York Times, 13 June 2024
Noun
  • Summer is the ultimate time to embrace a short hair grow-out, from pixie to buzz cut.
    Calin Van Paris, InStyle, 27 May 2026
  • And the first picture that came in was this buzz cut, crazy, goggle-wearing character.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
Noun
  • When Kendal Sager lifts the top of her beehive, tens of thousands of bees waggle across the honeycomb — their cells filled with bright yellow, orange and pink pollen collected from flowers in Sager's neighborhood.
    Juliana Kim, NPR, 20 May 2026
  • Sosie says, 'Dad, hey, there's a beehive.
    Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • The actress styled her new blonde hair in an elegant chignon on the set of her show Off Weeks.
    Lara Walsh, InStyle, 21 May 2026
  • Long hair will only give a classic chignon even more room to run.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 5 May 2026
Noun
  • Sleepy pugs and a return Rinker’s family stayed in a Huntington Beach hotel room with one bed.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
  • More specifically, Wellhouse brings in the boxy, pug-nosed Wake micro-van produced by Daihatsu between 2014 and 2022 and also badged as the Toyota Pixis Mega.
    C.C. Weiss May 26, New Atlas, 26 May 2026
Noun
  • At lunchtime, a Schnitzel Sandwich on a pretzel bun comes in pork or chicken versions ($19).
    Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 2 June 2026
  • And one soggy bun, and the whole thing falls apart.
    John Werner, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Noun
  • But there were more gray and graying, bald and balding heads in the church than those with crew cuts or thick hair.
    Dave Duffey, Outdoor Life, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Their head coach, Curt Cignetti, perpetually scowling beneath his 1950s crew cut, is fuel for countless memes.
    Keith O’Brien, The Atlantic, 17 Jan. 2026
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“French twist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/French%20twist. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.

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