hot comb

¹ American  

noun

1. a comb or comblike appliance heated electrically and used to arrange or style the hair.

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hot-comb ² American  

[hot-kohm] / ˈhɒtˌkoʊm /

verb (used with object)

1. to arrange or style (the hair) with a hot comb.

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Etymology

Origin of hot comb

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

Although Black women undergo differing hair journeys, said Twigg, an executive producer of the new six-episode docu-series “The Hair Tales,” it is a shared experience, like the hiss of a hot comb or the banter in a beauty salon, that unites them.

From New York Times

We waited for our mothers to wield the hot comb like a weapon, ready to press our thicket of coils into submission to make us more culturally palatable.

From New York Times

“Good hair” in our vernacular then meant it didn’t require a hot comb.

From Los Angeles Times

Ebony Flowers’ “Hot Comb” explores Black women’s relationships with their hair.

From Los Angeles Times

My scalp has known chemical burns, hot comb burns, curling iron burns, flat iron burns and the unrelenting throbbing that comes with hours of tight root-wrenching braiding.

From New York Times