scrunchie
- noun
- /ˈskɹʌntʃi/
- She pulled her hair back into a ponytail and secured it with a scrunchie.
- ponytail with a scrunchie
- scrunchie for hair
- a red scrunchie
He held and kissed the baby with the fucking scrunchie on his wrist.
- He held and kissed the baby with the fucking scrunchie on his wrist.
- And I usually just use scrunchies or regular hair ties.
- I'm going to use my scrunchie and my headband.
- If you're in a relationship, you wear the girl's scrunchie as a wristband.
- Like half up, half down with a scrunchie in a dress at your wedding.
- I love a good scrunchie and some stickers and they're very cute.
- So let's get started I love using these love Shack fancy scrunchies to throw my hair back.
- I forgot that that was in the way, but this is my scrunchie.
- But these are like giant, just like silk scrunchies.
- So yeah, I've been trying to keep a habit of just trying to use silk scrunchies as much as I can rather than elastics.
- I'm going to put half up and half down with a hair scrunchie.
- So those are cool and ego friendly towel scrunchies.
- So I just go like, I also got these new hair ties that are so much better than the traditional scrunchies that I'm used to.
Examples
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Restless, she pulled her hair back into a bun and secured it with a scrunchie.
Fiction book (2000) -
Like half up, half down with a scrunchie in a dress at your wedding.
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Now I got some type of like hair scrunchie right here.
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Right now, my scrunchie and my blue outfit is still going strong.
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Hey, Jenna, seen my hair scrunchie?
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And I usually just use scrunchies or regular hair ties.
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So I use a scrunchie because a scrunchie is not as tight as a normal hair bubble so it doesn't leave a kink.
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Brieanna gathered her waist-long, honey-and-ash hair behind her head and bound it into a ponytail with a scrunchie.
Academic text (2010) -
Wide-eyed, Sherri Lynn exited, her green scrunchie bobbing among her strawberry-blonde curls.
Fiction book (2001) -
I bought a colorful scrunchie to match my outfit for the party.
Synonyms
A thin loop of stretchy rubber that holds things together
A band that holds hair back
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Etymology
Scrunchie comes from the word scrunch ('to squeeze' or 'crush') and the friendly ending -ie ('small' or 'cute'). A scrunchie is a hairband with fabric 'scrunched' around elastic, so it looks puffy and is gentle on hair, which is why we call it a scrunchie.