hairstyle
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of hairstyle
Explanation
A hairstyle is the way you get your hair cut or how you arrange it. If you like to shave the sides of your head and gel up the rest of your hair in a spiky mohawk, that's your hairstyle. If your hair stylist or barber says, "Do you want your usual hairstyle?" it means they wonder if you'd like the same crew cut or bob you got last time. A fancy hairstyle, which you can also call a hairdo, might just be for a special occasion: "I'll have a curly hairstyle for the prom, how about you?"
Example Sentences
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When it came to Margo’s bouffant hairstyle as the dream HungryGhost, stylist Jaime Leigh McIntosh used a combination of three wigs in pink.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
Barry Keoghan is playing Starr and has been spotted around town with an iconic Beatles-style mop top hairstyle.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
Says Gemmill, “We always tell the actors, pick shoes that are comfortable because you're going to wear them all year, and pick a hairstyle that you like because you're not going to change it.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Another challenge, he says, was Trump's signature hairstyle.
From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026
I didn't have the right clothes, the right hairstyle, the right way to speak.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
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