hairdryer

British  

/ ˈhɛəˌdraɪə /

noun

1. a hand-held electric device that blows out hot air and is used to dry and, sometimes, assist in styling the hair, as in blow-drying

2. a device for drying the hair in which hot air is blown into a hood that surrounds the head of a seated person

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Example Sentences

But leading a side is about more than being able to deliver the hairdryer treatment, and Muscat has shown he can win in three different countries.

From BBC

Expert advice from an emergency vet suggested Rhian wrap the pup in a towel and use warming heat from a hairdryer to gently increase its temperature to successfully help it to survive.

From BBC

Some discover their own ways of managing the debilitating pain: sitting in a hot bath while wearing an ice pack and drinking a smoothie, blasting the side of their face with a hairdryer.

From BBC

“I set up a makeshift charcoal forge in the backyard and used my mother’s hairdryer as a forge blower,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

Years earlier, in the dry heat of a Portuguese late evening, it was a young Cristiano Ronaldo who was left in floods of tears by the famed Sir Alex Ferguson hairdryer.

From BBC