French twist

noun

An updo hairstyle in which the hair is twisted behind the head before being pinned over the top of the head.

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Meanings

nounFrench twist (plural French twists)

plural French twists

  1. An updo hairstyle in which the hair is twisted behind the head before being pinned over the top of the head.

    She's got a touch of Tuesday Weld / She's wearing Ambush and a French twist

    1982, Donald Fagen, “New Frontier”, in The Nightfly
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APA

French twist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/French%20twist

MLA

“French twist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/French%20twist. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “French twist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/French%20twist.

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