updo

American  

[uhp-doo] / ˈʌpˌdu /

noun

plural

updos

1. a hairdo that is combed or brushed up, away from the face.

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Etymology

Origin of updo

up(swept) + (hair)do

Example Sentences

It’s why she felt liberated to create the faux world of Gollum Corp Enterprises, for which she poses in corporate offices with pushpins tacked into her acrylics and jams a ruler and scissors into her updo.

From Los Angeles Times

The series is not exactly chock full of revelations, unless you consider it newsworthy that Carmen, the eldest of their children, refers to her messy updo as a “butt cheek bun,” or that Alec has a severe allergy to cats, despite owning four of them.

From Los Angeles Times

Then the director introduced Megan, regally dressed in a royal blue silk gown and sporting an updo.

From Salon

“Maybe it’s just the way I am,” she said, sitting in her office wearing an immaculate white dress and her hair styled in an elegant updo.

From Seattle Times

Later, Parton — glamorous in a skirt, high heels, her signature blonde updo and hot-pink nail polish — picked up a rhinestone-encrusted black guitar and played a miniconcert, including “Coat of Many Colors.”

From Seattle Times