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ponytail

nounverbattested in dialogue

  • United States//ˈpoʊniˌteɪl//

A hairstyle where the hair is pulled back and tied into a single "tail" which hangs down behind the head.

noun

  1. 1

    A hairstyle where the hair is pulled back and tied into a single "tail" which hangs down behind the head.

    The physician should evaluate for a history of tight ponytails, buns, chignons, braids, twists, weaves, cornrows, dreadlocks, sisterlocks, and hair wefts in addition to the usage of religious hair coverings.

Etymology

From pony + tail.

verb

  1. 1

    To form (the hair) into a ponytail.

    “Don't mention it,” she said, ponytailing her hair and then sockbunning it with amazing speed.

Forms

plural
ponytails
past tense
ponytailed
past participle
ponytailed
present participle
ponytailing
third person singular
ponytails
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).