backcomb noun 2verb 1forms 3 noun2 •The hairstyle produced by backcombing.You and your fit friends anyway / I'd take them all out any day / They all got backcombs anyway — 2012 •(old-fashioned) A decorative comb worn as an ornament and to secure a hairstyle.There was a part of a bottle of liquor on the table—the furniture of the hall was disarranged—a pair of slippers, two small combs, and a backcomb were lying near an easy chair. — 1876 verb1 •To hold the hair and comb it towards the head, thus giving it a bushier look.Her dark-blonde hair, worn long at Oxford, had been cut and backcombed, Diana-style, and quivered when she shook her head. — 2004 formsbackcombed · backcombing · backcombs
