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What (who) is perm - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
PERM; Perm (disambiguation)
perm
perm1
¦ noun a method of setting the hair in waves or curls and treating it with chemicals so that the style lasts for several months.
¦ verb treat (the hair) in such a way.
Origin
1920s: abbrev. of permanent wave.
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perm2 Brit.
informal
¦ noun a permutation, especially a selection of a specified number of matches in a football pool.
¦ verb make a selection of (so many) from a larger number.
Origin
1950s: abbrev. of permutation.
perm
(perms, perming, permed)
1.
If you have a perm, your hair is curled and treated with chemicals so that it stays curly for several months. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use permanent
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N-COUNT
2.
When a hair stylist perms someone's hair, they curl it and treat it with chemicals so that it stays curly for several months.
She had her hair permed.
VERB: have n V-ed
• permed
...dry, damaged or permed hair.
ADJ
perm
n.
permanent wave
1) to give smb. a perm
2) to get a perm
Examples of use of perm
1. Perm–36 is a museum based in a former camp near Perm, closed in 1'88.
2. Return of the perm: Big hair leads the Eighties‘ comeback But no woman was complete without a big fat frizzy perm.
3. PERM –– Cyprian Lunga, a professor of English history and culture and business management studies at Perm State Technical University, is not someone you easily forget.
4. Over the past few years Interros has been shedding its noncore machine–building and defense enterprises, including Perm Engine Plant in Perm and Severnaya Verf shipyard in St.
5. Trutnev, a former Perm region governor, said he had received most of the money as dividends from a stake in a Perm company, EKS.