backcomb

verb

1. (transitive)To hold the hair and comb it towards the head, thus giving it a bushier look.

   “Her dark-blonde hair, worn long at Oxford, had been cut and backcombed, Diana-style, and quivered when she shook her head.”

noun

1. The hairstyle produced by backcombing.

   “You and your fit friends anyway / I'd take them all out any day / They all got backcombs anyway”

2. (dated)A decorative comb worn as an ornament and to secure a hairstyle.

   “There was a part of a bottle of liquor on the table—the furniture of the hall was disarranged—a pair of slippers, two small combs, and a backcomb were lying near an easy chair.”

   “A backcomb comprising a pair of oppositely disposed members of sheet material each provided with teeth along one margin, a pivot pin securing the members at one end in overlapping relation.”

   “Her father had produced a pink crêpe de Chine blouse and a backcomb massed with brilliants—both of which she refused to wear.”