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backcombing

backcombing is the present participle and gerund of backcomb.

Meaning of backcomb

Verb

backcomb (third-person singular simple present backcombs, present participle backcombing, simple past and past participle backcombed)

  1. (transitive) To hold the hair and comb it towards the head, thus giving it a bushier look.
    • Her dark-blonde hair, worn long at Oxford, had been cut and backcombed, Diana-style, and quivered when she shook her head.2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 5, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    tease

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Questions about backcombing

What is backcombing the present participle and gerund of?
Backcombing is the present participle and gerund of backcomb.

Words near backcombing in the dictionary

  1. backclash
  2. backcloth
  3. backcloths
  4. backcomb
  5. backcombed
  6. backcombing
  7. backcombs
  8. backcountries
  9. backcountry
  10. backcourt
  11. backcourtman

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backcombing (page history and authors); backcomb (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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