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# hairdo

«hairdo» in Mova's school dictionary: **cut and styled, especially a special or fancy style** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a hairdo, hairdos)

### meaning for a pupil

(informal) The way someone's hair is cut and styled, especially a special or fancy style. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hairdo/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life «hairdo» is a friendly, slightly old-fashioned word for a hairstyle, often for weddings, parties or school photos. In stories it can show a character's personality or be funny when the wind ruins it. Phrases: a new hairdo, a fancy hairdo.

### examples

- Mum got a new hairdo for the wedding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hairdo/#x1)
- The wind wrecked Auntie's hairdo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hairdo/#x2)
- My sister's hairdo has plaits and ribbons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hairdo/#x3)
- Look at the funny hairdos in Grandad's old photos! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hairdo/#x4)
- The singer is famous for her big hairdo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hairdo/#x5)
- I want a short hairdo for the summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hairdo/#x6)

### note

Plural: hairdos. Informal. Similar: hairstyle, haircut. A «hairdresser» does a hairdo; a «barber» cuts mostly men's and boys' hair.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hairdo» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hairdo/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.