Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A crest or knot of hair or feathers on the crown of the head.
- noun A decorative ribbon or bow worn as a headdress.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any knot, tuft, or crest worn or growing on the head: applied to any egret, crest, or tuft of feathers on the head of a bird, the hair on the top of the human head, any projecting or conspicuous ornament for the head, etc.; specifically, a bow, as of ribbon, forming a part of the head-dress of women in the seventeenth century.
- noun A flatfish, Phrynorhombus unimaculatus, or Bloch's topknot, and some related species: so called from a long filament on the head.
- noun One of any of the breeds of domestic hens which have a crest.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A crest or knot of feathers upon the head or top, as of a bird; also, an ornamental knot worn on top of the head, as by women.
- noun (Zoöl.) A small Europen flounder (
Rhoumbus punctatus ). The name is also applied to allied species.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
decorative knot ofhair on thecrown of thehead , sometimes havingribbons orfeathers - noun a decorative
headdress - noun A crest or knot of
feathers upon the head or top, as of a bird. - noun A small
European flounder (Rhoumbus punctatus or allied species).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun headdress consisting of a decorative ribbon or bow worn in the hair
- noun showy crest or knot of hair or feathers
Etymologies
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Examples
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She wore a false front, which she called a topknot, the small, crimped, deep-brown mohair curls of which were bound about her forehead with a bit of black velvet ribbon, while gray hairs straggled from underneath to make the patent sham more transparent still; and over her topknot she wore a rusty black cap that enclosed the keen monkeyish face like a ruff.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876 Various
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This last is observed in Burma and Laos, but not in Siam and Camboja where is substituted for it the Kôn Chũ̆k or shaving of the topknot, which is allowed to grow until the eleventh or thirteenth year.
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Charles Eliot 1896
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His long hair, pure white, was twisted up in a kind of topknot and fastened there by pins of dull gold.
Darkness and Dawn George Allan England 1906
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He kissed her hand and then the "topknot" as he called the point into which her hair was gathered at the crown of her head.
The Great God Success David Graham Phillips 1889
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The topknot was the extra touch ” the touch of poetry that I have always looked for in things, and that Hiram, in his way, craved and sought for, too.
Our Friend John Burroughs Barrus, Clara, 1864-1931 1914
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I took a hot but quick shower, pulled my hair up into a topknot, and got dressed before I left my apartment.
Real wifeys Meesha Mink 2011
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I wore my hair up in a loose and messy topknot with these flashy, oversized rhinestone hoops.
Real wifeys Meesha Mink 2011
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I took a hot but quick shower, pulled my hair up into a topknot, and got dressed before I left my apartment.
Real wifeys Meesha Mink 2011
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I took a hot but quick shower, pulled my hair up into a topknot, and got dressed before I left my apartment.
Real wifeys Meesha Mink 2011
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I wore my hair up in a loose and messy topknot with these flashy, oversized rhinestone hoops.
Real wifeys Meesha Mink 2011
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