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helmet hairnoun [mass noun] informal1A messy or flattened appearance of the hair, produced as a result of wearing and then removing a helmet: helmet hair can be a source of anguish, which means that too many cyclists ride without protection...- The Manchester star was however prepared, with a change of attire in case he got a touch of helmet hair.
- Was secretly hoping she would at least show up with major case of helmet hair.
- She didn't match the stereotype of a gnarly biker chick with skull tattoos and helmet hair.
2Bouffant or bobbed hair that has been made stiff by the use of hairspray or setting lotion: she was prim in her pussy-bow shirts and helmet hair...- We've met her before: her helmet hair was glimpsed in the pages of the New York Times Magazine in illustrational send-ups of Parisian haute couture.
- Few of us are capable of the gorgeous helmet hair that tops so many television reporters.
- She paid her dues by arranging seating charts and laying thick dollops of obsequiousness on cranky old moguls and their helmet hair spouses.
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