quiff

1 8.4

A raised area of hair at the front brushed up and back

noun
/kwɪf/

: quiff

I'm a 24-year-old dressed in chinos with a slicked-back quiff, tattoos, and the rest.

And then the other side of me is kind of this latent emo with a a dyed in quiff and a studded star belt.

Examples

Mitt Romney has a statuesque build topped off with a permanently perfect quiff hairdo, and he speaks fairly well.

Blog text (29)
Quiff city, here I come!

The Wraith (1986)
This is the messy quiff with a low fade.
Enough, I was going to recall great Ranji, the magician, with hair cut short and brushed into a shiny quiff, his silk shirt flowing and rippling as he melted from one posture into another.

Fiction book (1994)
He styled his hair into a charming quiff that looked perfect for the party.
Her quiff stood out among the crowd, brushed elegantly upward from her forehead.
To achieve the best look, he used gel to make his quiff stay in place all day.

Synonyms

tuft

vsquiff

11 3.5

A small bunch of hair, feathers, or grass joined together at the base

is a prominent front section styled upward and backward from the forehead

How High

pompadour

4 8.9

quiff

1 8.4

fringe

5 3.1

Surface Forms

quiff singular

quiffs plural

Etymology

Quiff probably comes from the old word coif and the French coiffe, which meant 'head covering' or a 'styled hair'. So a quiff is the front section of hair brushed up and back—think of it as a small 'coif' on the forehead to help you remember.