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hair spray

hair spray noun: a usually scented hairstyling product in aerosol form that stiffens the hair, so it stays in a certain hairstyle.

Noun

hair spray (countable and uncountable, plural hair sprays)

  1. A usually scented hairstyling product in aerosol form that stiffens the hair, so it stays in a certain hairstyle.

Verb

hair spray (third-person singular simple present hair sprays, present participle hair spraying, simple past and past participle hair sprayed)

  1. (transitive) To spray with this product.

Forms of hair spray

Noun
pluralhair sprays
alternative formhairspray
Verb
third-person singular presenthair sprays
present participlehair spraying
past participlehair sprayed
pasthair sprayed

Questions about hair spray

What does hair spray mean?
Hair spray means a usually scented hairstyling product in aerosol form that stiffens the hair, so it stays in a certain hairstyle.
What part of speech is hair spray?
Hair spray can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of hair spray?
The plural of hair spray is hair sprays.

Words near hair spray in the dictionary

  1. hair seals
  2. hair shirt
  3. hair shirts
  4. hair space
  5. hair spaces
  6. hair spray
  7. hair sprayed
  8. hair spraying
  9. hair sprays
  10. hair stick
  11. hair sticks

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