perm
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3.2
- noun
- /pɜrm/
:
permanente
- After getting a perm, her hair had beautiful, bouncy curls that lasted for months.
- get a perm
- a bad perm
- hair perm
This was the, this was in the heyday of perms and Jerry pearls.
- This was the, this was in the heyday of perms and Jerry pearls.
- I know I talked about the hair perm thing, but the black monster black puff.
- Does he have a perm must something or wearing crazy Cologne?
Examples
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Her lanky, boyish body and scraggly blond perm, along with her background as a teacher, made her seem very real.
Fiction book (1996) -
They all wanted the same perm as Sean's.
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Can I just have a digital perm?
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I had this terrible perm.
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I got the same perm back in 1982.
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My sister wanted a fancy salon cut and perm, which my mother could not afford.
Blog text (19) -
I also got a perm at the Gloucester Hair Haven.
Fiction book (1995) -
Had you ever gotten a perm before, Miss Windham?
Fiction book (2001) -
Never get another perm.
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A thin, long-faced woman with an irresolute perm, she paused at the door and examined Bonnie with interest.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
53
1.4
A way of cutting and arranging hair to change your look
50
2.9
A way of cutting and arranging someone's hair
1
4.6
A hair treatment that makes waves or curls last
1
4.4
A long-lasting set of curls in hair made with heat and chemicals
A way of cutting or arranging hair to change your look
Antonyms
How Curly
Surface Forms
Morphology
perm = permanent wave (semi-transparent) = permanent + wave
The form 'perm' is a clipping of 'permanent (wave)', so the relation to 'permanent' is visible, but the specialized hairstyling meaning of the phrase is idiomatic for many learners.
Etymology
The word perm for the hairstyle comes from permanent + wave, because the curls were meant to 'remain' rather than fall out quickly. So a perm is a hairstyle with curls that stay for a long time.