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brushback

7.2

A hairstyle with hair combed back away from the face and forehead

noun
/ˈbrʌʃbæk/

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After washing her hair, she used a comb to create a neat brushback.

Examples

The brushback look became popular among young men in the 1950s.
The brushback gives a sleek look to any outfit.
He styled his hair in a classic brushback before the interview.
He styled his hair in a brushback for the party.
He styled his hair in a classic brushback before the interview.
The brushback hairstyle became a fashionable choice for many actors in the 1950s.
She admired the brushback style that her favorite singer often wore on stage.

Synonyms

roach

vsbrushback

1 9.9

A hairstyle where the front hair is brushed back from the forehead

applies to all hair brushed backward away from the face rather than only the front

Antonyms

disheveled

21 6.1

Having messy hair, clothes, or things around them

Compounds

brushback pitch

Jargon

1 8.6

A ball thrown close to the batter to make them move away from home plate or feel scared

Surface Forms

brushback singular

brushbacks plural

Morphology

brushback = brush (transparent) = back + brush

The hairstyle meaning is directly derived from the action 'brush' + direction 'back' (hair brushed backward), which is obvious to learners. [Postprocessing: moved 'back' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Brushback for a hairstyle comes from the two parts brush and back: you 'brush' your hair 'back' away from your face, so the style is simply hair smoothed backward.