scrunchie
noun
scrunch·ie
ˈskrən-chē 
ˈskru̇n-
variants
or scrunchy
plural scrunchies
: a fabric-covered elastic used for holding back hair (as in a ponytail)
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Simply wrap sections around the silky band, and secure in place with the scrunchies.
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Kat Romero, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2024
No dressing gown and Uggs for you, no zit stickers and alarming hair in a scrunchie.
—Daisy Jones, Glamour, 4 Nov. 2024
Jumbo scrunchies can embellish the simplest styling (see: white top and blue jeans) but are equally additive to bold looks, without requiring meaningful coordination.
—Anamaria Glavan, refinery29.com, 3 July 2024
Oh wears a red scrunchie in her hair and a shabby wool sweater as a shawl; Soules sports a mullet and a chunky tool belt; Recasner is frilly in Free People; and the pregnancy of Perkins’s Mary pokes out from beneath a sloppy hoodie.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 12 June 2024
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Kat Romero, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2024
No dressing gown and Uggs for you, no zit stickers and alarming hair in a scrunchie.
—Daisy Jones, Glamour, 4 Nov. 2024
Jumbo scrunchies can embellish the simplest styling (see: white top and blue jeans) but are equally additive to bold looks, without requiring meaningful coordination.
—Anamaria Glavan, refinery29.com, 3 July 2024
Oh wears a red scrunchie in her hair and a shabby wool sweater as a shawl; Soules sports a mullet and a chunky tool belt; Recasner is frilly in Free People; and the pregnancy of Perkins’s Mary pokes out from beneath a sloppy hoodie.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 12 June 2024
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“Scrunchie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrunchie. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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scrunchie
noun
scrunch·ie
variants
or scrunchy
plural scrunchies
: a fabric-covered elastic used for holding back hair (as in a ponytail)
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