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pony tail

pony tail is the alternative form of ponytail.

Meaning of ponytail

Noun

ponytail (plural ponytails)

  1. A hairstyle where the hair is pulled back and tied into a single "tail" which hangs down behind the head.
    • The physician should evaluate for a history of tight ponytails, buns, chignons, braids, twists, weaves, cornrows, dreadlocks, sisterlocks, and hair wefts in addition to the usage of religious hair coverings.2021, Becky S. Li, Howard I. Maibach, Ethnic Skin and Hair and Other Cultural Considerations, page 154

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Forms of pony tail

pluralpony tails

Questions about pony tail

What is pony tail the alternative form of?
Pony tail is the alternative form of ponytail.

Words near pony tail in the dictionary

  1. pony motors
  2. pony putter
  3. pony putters
  4. pony shoe
  5. pony shoes
  6. pony tail
  7. pony tails
  8. pony truck
  9. pony trucks
  10. pony up
  11. pony wall

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pony tail (page history and authors); ponytail (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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