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comb-over

comb-over is the alternative spelling of combover.

Meaning of combover

Noun

combover (plural combovers)

  1. A manner of combing hair from one side to the other in an attempt to conceal a medial bald patch.
    • With his funny comb-over and shy manner he was a strange man but she knew that he was a good man, and it is goodness that counts.2008, Nicholas Drayson, A Guide to the Birds of East Africa, page 191

Forms of comb-over

pluralcomb-overs

Questions about comb-over

What is comb-over the alternative spelling of?
Comb-over is the alternative spelling of combover.

Words near comb-over in the dictionary

  1. comb-honeys
  2. comb-jellies
  3. comb-jelly
  4. comb-out
  5. comb-outs
  6. comb-over
  7. comb-overs
  8. comb.
  9. Comba multiplication
  10. combability
  11. combable

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Adapted from Wiktionary: comb-over (page history and authors); combover (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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