a headpiece made of natural or synthetic hair usually worn to cover a bald area
the weatherman calmly adjusted his toupee after the wind nearly blew it off
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Recent Examples of toupeeThe croupier, a large terrier wearing a toupee, almost seemed amused.—Hazlitt, 9 Dec. 2024 The chain’s Umbrella Tree is an eight-foot Tannenbaum that forgoes the traditional triangle shape and instead looks more like a Festivus pole with a spruce-tip toupee.—Bychris Morris, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2024 Michelle had a toupee, and an area was cut away where the scalp would be removed.—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 11 Oct. 2024 In Monsters, Kitty rips off Lyle’s toupee during a family fight at the dinner table.—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for toupee
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wig
Noun
The video was made by Eli and Peyton Manning’s Omaha Productions for ESPN+ that saw the younger Manning don a wig and prosthetic nose to go undercover as a walk-on for Penn State University’s football tryouts.
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Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
13 May 2025
The group of seven was fully committed to the bit, purchasing wigs, heels and, of course, black sunglasses to pay homage to Jenner's signature look.
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