edges

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/ˈɛd͡ʒɪz/

noun

The fine hairs at the edge of someone's (usually a black woman's) hairline; baby hairs.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of edge
  2. pluralplural onlyAfrican-American VernacularThe fine hairs at the edge of someone's (usually a black woman's) hairline; baby hairs.

    Her edges were thick and dry and the ends of her hair just as thirsty.

    2015, Meesha Mink, All Hail the Queen: An Urban Tale
    1 more example

    i never could keep my edges and kitchen / straight / even after / supercool/straighterPerm had burned / whiteness onto my scalp

    1969, Carolyn M. Rodgers, Songs of a Black Bird, For Sistuhs Wearin Straight Hair
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of edge

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with edges

hedgesspredges
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Anagrams

sedgedeseg
Cite this entry
APA

edges. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/edges

MLA

“edges.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/edges. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “edges,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/edges.

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