Definition of Hair spray

1. Noun. Toiletry consisting of a commercial preparation that is sprayed on the hair to hold it in place.

Generic synonyms: Toilet Articles, Toiletry

Definition of Hair spray

1. Noun. A usually scented hairstyling product in aerosol form that stiffens the hair, so it stays in a certain hairstyle. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hair Spray

hair pies
hair preparations
hair raising
hair root
hair salon
hair salons
hair salt
hair seal
hair shaft
hair shirt
hair shirts
hair slide
hair space
hair spaces
hair spray
hair sprays
hair stone
hair streams
hair stroke
hair style
hair styling
hair stylist
hair stylists
hair tie
hair ties
hair tonic
hair transplant
hair trigger
hair whorls

Literary usage of Hair spray

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mechanically Inclined: Building Grammar, Usage, and Style Into Writer's Workshop by Jeff Anderson (2005)
"Liberally apply the hair spray to hold the teased hair in place. If you can still see the walls, you haven't sprayed enough. Spray more. ..."

2. Celebrate Life: A Guide for Planning All Night Alcohol & Drug-Free edited by Sharon Murphy (1992)
"Set chalk with fixative spray available in craft stores or use hair spray. Make small hot pink or bright yellow crepe paper flowers to decorate top of the ..."

3. Growing Up Drug Free: A Parent's Guide to Prevention (1989)
"... cleaning fluid, hair spray, gasoline, spray paint, and the propellant in aerosol whipped cream can be abused as dangerous inhalants. ..."

4. Inventing a Classroom: Life in a Bilingual, Whole Language Learning Community by Kathryn F. Whitmore, Caryl G. Crowell (1994)
"... she usually wears her long brown hair in a ponytail or braid, her bangs raised high above her face thanks to a generous application of hair spray. ..."

5. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"... He tosses song about, Like a girl's tangle of gold-hair, Spray-wet and shaken out. And dark winds stand aside, Let men think of you as they may, ..."

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