head wings

A form of head wing

Meanings

nounhead wings pl (plural only, attributive head wing)

attributive head wing

  1. pluralplural onlyplural of head wing; where the hair on the sides of the head stick straight out rather than laying flat.

    Harold’s heavy hand with the scissors might explain his youngest son George’s taste in hairstyle: a vertiginous pompadour buttressed by head wings and a ducktail.

    2020, The Editors of PEOPLE, “George”, in PEOPLE Celebrating Beatlemania, page 31

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head wings. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/head%20wings

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “head wings,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/head%20wings.

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