headhair
headhair noun: hair which grows on the head.
Noun
headhair (usually uncountable, plural headhairs)
- Hair which grows on the head.
- [...] breakfasted before dressing, cleaned up; floors swept, dusted, things moved around and, replaced listened to the news on the radio, shaved carefully, going over the white stubble two times. "Funny how my headhair is dark, not one grey hair, you see, and how my beard, if I let it grow is all...1967, The Transatlantic review
- [...] Brothers strut like generals spinning & tangling of hair entanglement of headhairs was among them [...]1973, George Quasha, Jerome Rothenberg, America, a prophecy
- Synonyms:
- fax
headhair meaning in Tamil
headhair in Tamil
- முடி
Examples of headhair in a sentence
- "Funny how my headhair is dark, not one grey hair, you see, and how my beard, if I let it grow is all white. [...]"1967, The Transatlantic review:
- The midwife shaves the headhair of the child, takes it in a Phumk (vessel of Sal leave) and immerse in the water of Bonga-Pokhri.1992, Buddhadeb Chaudhuri, Religion, Rituals and Festivals:
- I could see my snipped-to-pieces and differentlengthed ^([sic]) headhair all over her knees.2002, Sandro Meallet, Edgewater Angels:
- If something else (gets in the ear) put the tips of the headhair in the ear as far as possible.2009, Barbara Zipser, John the Physician's Therapeutics:
Synonyms of headhair
Forms of headhair
| plural | headhairs |
|---|---|
| alternative form | head-hair |
| alternative form | head hair |
Origin of headhair
From Middle English *heed-heer, from Old English hēafodhǣr (“hair of the head, headhair”), equivalent to head + hair. Cognate with Dutch hoofdhaar (“headhair”), German Haupthaar (“headhair”), Danish hovedhår (“headhair”), Swedish huvudhår (“headhair”).
Questions about headhair
- What does headhair mean?
- Headhair means hair which grows on the head.
- What is headhair in Tamil?
- Headhair in Tamil is முடி. See Headhair meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use headhair in a sentence?
- "Funny how my headhair is dark, not one grey hair, you see, and how my beard, if I let it grow is all white. [...]"
- What part of speech is headhair?
- Headhair is a noun.
- What is the plural of headhair?
- The plural of headhair is headhairs.
Words near headhair in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: headhair (page history and authors); headhair (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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