coif

/kɔɪf/

Other forms: coifs; coifed; coifing

Your coif is your hairstyle. If you want to protect your coif in the rain, don't forget to bring your umbrella!

In the United States, coif is short for coiffure, which means "fancy hairdo." If you've arranged your hair into complicated braids anchored by bobby pins, go ahead and call it a coif. This word can also be used as a verb. If you're going to a black-tie event, you might want to coif your hair in an elaborate and elegant way.

Definitions of coif

1. noun

   the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
   synonyms: coiffure, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle

   types:

   beehive

   a hairdo resembling a beehive

   bouffant

   a woman's hairstyle in which the hair gives a puffy appearance

   haircut

   the style in which hair has been cut

   Afro, Afro hairdo

   a rounded thickly curled hairdo

   bang, fringe

   a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead

   bob

   a hair style for women and children; a short haircut all around

   wave

   a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair

   braid, plait, tress, twist

   a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair

   chignon

   a roll of hair worn at the nape of the neck

   marcel

   a hairdo characterized by deep regular waves that are made by a heated curling iron

   pageboy

   a smooth hair style with the ends of the hair curled inward

   pompadour

   a hair style in which the front hair is swept up from the forehead

   ponytail

   a hair style that draws the hair back so that it hangs down in back of the head like a pony's tail

   roach

   a roll of hair brushed back from the forehead

   scalp lock

   a long tuft of hair left on top of the shaven head

   thatch

   hair resembling thatched roofing material

   mullet

   a hairstyle in which the hair is left long at the back but cut short on the top and sides

   finger wave

   a wave made with the fingers

   queue

   a braid of hair at the back of the head

   pigtail

   a plait of braided hair

   perm, permanent, permanent wave

   a series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals

   brush cut

   a short haircut with hairs standing up like a brush

   crew cut, flattop

   a closely cropped haircut; usually for men

   mohawk, mohawk haircut

   haircut in which the head is shaved except for a band of hair down the middle of the scalp

   type of:

   hair

   a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
2. verb

   arrange attractively
   synonyms: arrange, coiffe, coiffure, do, dress, set

   curry, dress, groom

   give a neat appearance to

   types:

   bob

   cut hair in the style of a bob

   wave

   set waves in

   marcel

   make a marcel in a woman's hair

   gauffer, goffer

   make wavy with a heated goffering iron

   perm

   give a permanent wave to

   type of:

   groom, neaten

   care for one's external appearance
3. noun

   a skullcap worn by nuns under a veil or by soldiers under a hood of mail or formerly by British sergeants-at-law
   type of:

   skullcap

   rounded brimless cap fitting the crown of the head
4. verb

   cover with a coif
   type of:

   cover

   provide with a covering or cause to be covered