Noun
She got a perm last week. Verb
She got her hair permed at the salon.
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Noun
Her stylist at Looks Salon in Columbia, Maryland, will give her a feathery Farrah Fawcett look or a perm, and her bangs always come out fluffed to perfection.—Michelle Lee, People.com, 28 Nov. 2024 Visually, it is defined by sequined dresses and star Blake Lively’s gigantic crimson perm.—Coleman Spilde, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2024
Verb
What does a hair gloss do, exactly? Most hair transformations (like dyeing, bleaching, relaxing, or perming) work by opening the outer layer of your hair (a.k.a.—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 2 Dec. 2024 He’s got locs now, but before then, he could’ve been seen with his hair permed, straightened, platted, in an Afro, accessorized, and at times topped off with a funky hat or silk headscarf.—Julian Randall, Essence, 15 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for perm
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