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Pretty Woman was the easiest job I've ever done. I just wore the right toupee.
Hector Elizondo

Meaning of "toupee" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TOUPEE

Apparently from French toupet forelock, from Old French toup top, of Germanic origin.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TOUPEE

toupee  [ˈtuːpeɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TOUPEE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Toupee is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TOUPEE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

toupee

Toupée

A toupée is a hairpiece or partial wig of natural or synthetic hair worn to cover partial baldness or for theatrical purposes. While toupées and hairpieces are typically associated with male wearers, some women also use hairpieces to lengthen existing hair, or cover a partially exposed scalp. The desire to wear hairpieces is a response to a long-standing bias against balding that crosses cultures, dating to at least 3100 BC. Toupée manufacturers' financial results indicate that toupée use is in overall decline, due in part to alternative methods for dealing with baldness, and to greater cultural acceptance of the condition.

Definition of toupee in the English dictionary

The definition of toupee in the dictionary is a wig or hairpiece worn, esp by men, to cover a bald or balding place. Other definition of toupee is a prominent lock on a periwig, esp in the 18th century.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TOUPEE


apay
əˈpeɪ
copay
kəʊˈpeɪ
Nupe
ˈnuːpeɪ
overpay
ˌəʊvəˈpeɪ
pay
peɪ
pe
peɪ
peh
peɪ
Pei
peɪ
prepay
priːˈpeɪ
rappe
ˈræpeɪ
repay
rɪˈpeɪ
spae
speɪ
spay
speɪ
Spey
speɪ
strathspey
ˌstræθˈspeɪ
Taipei
ˈtaɪˈpeɪ
tempeh
ˈtɛmpeɪ
underpay
ˌʌndəˈpeɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TOUPEE

toughener
toughie
toughish
toughly
toughness
Toul
touladi
Toulon
Toulouse
Toulouse-Lautrec
toun
tour
tour company
tour de force
tour director
tour guide
tour manager
tour operator
tour rep
touraco

WORDS THAT END LIKE TOUPEE

burpee
coupee
elpee
epopee
escapee
kidnapee
kidnappee
make whoopee
pee
rappee
rupee
teepee
tepee
tippee
topee
trollopee
veepee
wampee
whoopee
yippee

Synonyms and antonyms of toupee in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «toupee» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TOUPEE

Find out the translation of toupee to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of toupee from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «toupee» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

男子假发
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

peluquín
570 millions of speakers

English

toupee
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

टौपी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شَعْرٌ مُسْتَعار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

накладка из волос для мужчин для прикрытия лысины
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

topete postiço
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পরচুলার ক্ষুদ্র গুচ্ছ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

postiche
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Toupee
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Toupet
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

かつら
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

(남성용) 가발
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Toupee
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tóc giả
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிறு பொய் மயிர்த் தொப்பி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टॉपी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

peruk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

parrucchino
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

peruka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

накладка зі штучного волосся
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

perucă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

περουκίνι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

toupet
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tupé
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tupé
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of toupee

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TOUPEE»

The term «toupee» is regularly used and occupies the 70.040 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TOUPEE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «toupee» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «toupee» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about toupee

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2 QUOTES WITH «TOUPEE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word toupee.
1
Hector Elizondo
Pretty Woman was the easiest job I've ever done. I just wore the right toupee.
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Pauline Kael
This movie is a toupee made up to look like honest baldness.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOUPEE»

Discover the use of toupee in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to toupee and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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It's Hard to Comb a Grass Toupee: A Spot the Frog Collection
Do snow goats winter in Karl's freezer? Are turtles so slow that they're actually fast? And can a grass toupee guarantee happiness? Author's web site: www.spotthefrog.net/
‎2007
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Weekly World News
Sean Connery: Toupee 2. Tony Bennett: Toupee 3. Bing Crosby: Toupee 4. Steven Van Zandt: Toupee 5. Jimmy Stewart: Toupee 6. William Shatner: Toupee 1 1 . David Letter"man: No 7. Ted Koppel: No toupee toupee 8. Jack Klugman: ...
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LIFE
However when baldness threatens to do serious psychological harm or to interfere with a man's livelihood, a doily is probably the answer. Should an actor retire when his hairline recedes? If it helps a salesman's morale to wear a toupee while ...
4
Baldness: A Social History
A mid-1950s Hollywood survey indicated that one out of every ten male actors over the age of 35 wore some kind of toupee.1 After Yul Brynner shaved his balding head for his role in The King and /, his image as a chrome dome was firmly ...
Kerry Segrave, 1996
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The Joy of Baldness: Men With Less Hair and the Women Who ...
B: Did you ever wear a toupee? G: I put one on during the Today Show and people really wrote in. It was the day General Gavin was on and he gave his platform for running for president. Hardly any reaction to him. But the toupee? We were ...
Richard Sandomir, 1993
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Representative Plays, by American Dramatists: 1765-1819
Toupee. Vat you please, sare? Humphry. Yes, it pleases me well enough; I only want to know what it magnifies. Toupee. Je ne vous entens pas, monsieur. Humphry. Why, what outlandish dialogue is that you're a talking? I can't understand ...
Montrose Jonas Moses, 1918
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Marriage:
There, advancing in a string, were Daffy, her elder sister, Theodore, her younger brother, and the dog Toupee. Sydney and Rom hadn't come. Daffy was not copper red like her sister, but really quite coarsely red-haired; she was bigger than ...
H. G. WELLS
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Prince Tandi of Cumba, Or, The New Menoza
TOUPEE. Fine. Actually, I'm glad to be able to speak to you alone. There's something we need to discuss. WORTHY. Too right there is, I've been getting an earful from my wife ever since you last left us. Look, let's just step outside, we can settle ...
Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz, David Hill, Michael Butler, 1995
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1002 Humorous Illustrations for Public Speaking: Fresh, ...
Affair. with. Toupee. On The Phil Donahue Show on January 13, 1992, a number of reporters and anchor persons from twenty years of the Today show were being interviewed by Phil Donahue. Bryant Gumble commented on his reconciliation ...
Michael Hodgin, 2010
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Monty Python's Flying Circus: All the Bits : Complete and ...
TOUPEE MANAGER (TERRY J) Don't worry, sir, you're among friends now, sir. ( the manager has an appalling toupee; Chris sees it and tries not to stare; the manager introduces his assistants) Mr Bradford, Mr Crawley. (Bradford and Crawley ...
Luke Dempsy, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TOUPEE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term toupee is used in the context of the following news items.
1
#TrumpYourCat: Design cat's hair to copy Donald Trump
Brush your cat, form the hair you brushed into a toupee and place toupee on cat.) The Instagram account and Twitter hashtag #TrumpYourCat are showing some ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
2
Vic official scalped by his own toupee
Mr Napoli also bought himself a new toupee, worth several thousand dollars. He admitted to being "irresponsible and stupid" at the hearings, that learned his ... «NEWS.com.au, Jul 15»
3
IBAC: Disgraced bigwig's hair-raising revelations of taxpayer-funded …
Disgraced former Education Department boss Nino Napoli spent thousands of dollars on his toupee, and suggested his cousin bill state schools for the ... «The Age, May 15»
4
My horrible toupee nightmare: I needed self-confidence, and got a …
On a small metal tray resting disturbingly close to my eyes sprawled something inexplicable. How could this possibly be the key to reversing my lifelong genetic ... «Salon, May 15»
5
Norwegian would-be toupee maker faces jail for gluing own hairs to …
A Norwegian man faces a stint behind bars after he allegedly cut off his own hair and beard and tried to glue it onto a bald man's head to create a toupee. «New York Daily News, Mar 15»
6
Joe Lunardi had Miles Simon yank his hair to prove it's not a toupee
It's that time of year: ESPN's Joe Lunardi has emerged from the hole where he studies bracketology year-round to tell us who will be in the NCAA Tournament. «SB Nation, Feb 15»
7
Bald-Headed Dog Tries to Lure Adopters With Toupee
They reportedly love him just as he is, without the toupee. Original Story Jan.20: Poor Neeners has been stuck at the Animal Care and Control Shelter since ... «SF Weekly, Jan 15»
8
The question on every juror's mind for Adrian Peterson's lawyer: Is …
“The jury wants to know if you wear a toupee,” the judge said. ... I had been asked that because the way I wear it might look like I have a toupee,” Hardin said. «USA TODAY, Nov 14»
9
'Nashville' 3×4 Recap: Glenn Takes Off His Toupee!
I guess the writers were finally tired of everyone in Nashville leaning around like sad mops in a broom closet, because this week, people actually started having ... «New York Observer, Oct 14»
10
Donald Trump Hair Mystery—Combover, Toupee, Transplant?
“Donald Trump did not have a hair transplant, and, he doesn't have a toupee. This is all his own hair, and it is exactly how he styled his hair when he was ... «Popdust, Sep 14»

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