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updo

updo noun: a woman's hairdo in which most hair is kept above the neck.

updo: a woman's hairdo in which most hair is kept above the neck
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Noun

updo (plural updos)

  1. A woman's hairdo in which most hair is kept above the neck.
    • Ruthie Alpern, as she was then known, was a poised and chatty blonde with an updo and a winning smile.2009 January 15, David Segal, Alison Leigh Cowan, “Madoffs Shared Much, but How Much?”, in New York Times
    • April: Hi. I made JJ an appointment, months ago, to get her hair done. It's going to cost me about eighty dollars. Now you want to flatten it with a bulky set of headphones. I think maybe no.
      Elsa: You know what? I'm a hairdresser. So I could do all the kids' hairdos for free, you know.
      Head PTA...2017, Mike Oppenhuizen, Jen Regan, “The D-Train to Bone Town” (17:15 from the start), in Michael Patrick Jann, director, Atypical, season 1, episode 6, spoken by April, Elsa, and Head PTA Mom (Nakia...
    Synonyms:
    upsweep

Synonyms of updo

Forms of updo

pluralupdos

Origin of updo

From up- + do.

Questions about updo

What does updo mean?
Updo means a woman's hairdo in which most hair is kept above the neck.
What part of speech is updo?
Updo is a noun.
What is the plural of updo?
The plural of updo is updos.

Words near updo in the dictionary

  1. updip
  2. updive
  3. updived
  4. updives
  5. updiving
  6. updo
  7. updog
  8. updogs
  9. updome
  10. updomed
  11. updomes

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