pompadour UK /ˈpɒmpədʊə/US /ˈpɑːmpədɔːɹ/noun 6verb 1forms 3 noun6 •A women's hairstyle in which the hair is swept upwards from the face and worn high over the forehead. •A men's hairstyle of the 1950s.Squat and perspiring, with a low pompadour and a thin black mustache, he was inevitably disheveled by evening. — 2019 •A crimson or pink colour.[…] head, neck, and whole under parts fine but very deep crimson or pompadour-colour […] — 1812 •A corsage with low square neck. •A pattern for silk, with leaves and flowers in pink, blue, and gold. •(UK, slang) A member of the 56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot, an infantry regiment in the British Army, active from 1755 to 1881. verb1 •To style hair into a pompadourI parted my hair back and smoothed it instead of pompadouring it. — 1976 formspompadoured · pompadouring · pompadours