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hairplay

hairplay noun: the act of playing with one's own or someone else's hair (usually on the head).

Noun

hairplay (uncountable)

  1. The act of playing with one's own or someone else's hair (usually on the head).
    • But because of little girls' fascination with "hairplay," the dolls have lengthy locks.1995, M. G. Lord, Forever Barbie: The Unauthorized Biography of a Real Doll, page 174
    • One could make out a faint sucking-sound^([sic]) coming from her mouth, but the flattened lips would only brush the fine down while two fingers of the other hand went in search of more such hairplay on her—or his—body.2003, Rolf Schroers, A Thousand Fathoms Under the Skin, volume 1, page 167

Origin of hairplay

From hair + play.

Questions about hairplay

What does hairplay mean?
Hairplay means the act of playing with one's own or someone else's hair (usually on the head).
What part of speech is hairplay?
Hairplay is a noun.

Words near hairplay in the dictionary

  1. hairpin turns
  2. hairpinned
  3. hairpins
  4. hairpipe
  5. hairpipes
  6. hairplay
  7. hairpluck
  8. hairplucks
  9. hairpuller
  10. hairpullers
  11. hairpulling

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