edges

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛd͡ʒɪz/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛdʒɪz

Noun

edges

  1. plural of edge
  2. (plural only, African-American Vernacular) The fine hairs at the edge of someone's (usually a black woman's) hairline; baby hairs.
    • 1969, Carolyn M. Rodgers, Songs of a Black Bird, For Sistuhs Wearin Straight Hair:
      i never could keep my edges and kitchen / straight / even after / supercool/straighterPerm had burned / whiteness onto my scalp
    • 2015, Meesha Mink, All Hail the Queen: An Urban Tale:
      Her edges were thick and dry and the ends of her hair just as thirsty.

Verb

edges

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of edge

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