different between quiff vs pompadour

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /kw?f/, [k?w??f]
• Rhymes: -?f

Etymology 1

Variant form of whiff.

Noun

quiff (plural quiffs)

1. (British dialect) A puff or whiff, especially of tobacco smoke.

Etymology 2

Origin unknown.

Noun

quiff (plural quiffs)

1. (regional, slang) A trick or ploy; a stratagem. [from 19th c.]
   • 1933, John Masefield, The Bird of Dawning:

     It was young Mr. Abbott worked that quiff on you, sir.

Etymology 3

Origin uncertain; perhaps a variant of coif.

Noun

quiff (plural quiffs)

1. (Britain) A hairstyle whereby the forelock is brushed and/or gelled upward, often associated with the styles of the 1950s. [from 19th c.]
   • 2012, Tom Lamont, The Observer, 2 Sep 2012:

     His woolly brown hair shaped into a drooping quiff, he's been sitting poolside all morning, snatching sucks on cigarettes before the waiters can tell him no, and thinking about reworking some incidental music for the band's gig tomorrow.

Translations

Verb

quiff (third-person singular simple present quiffs, present participle quiffing, simple past and past participle quiffed)

1. (Britain) To arrange (the hair) in such a manner. [from 20th c.]

Derived terms

• quiffed

Etymology 4

Probably variant of coif (“vulva”).

Noun

quiff (plural quiffs)

1. (slang) A young girl, especially as promiscuous; a prostitute. [from 20th c.]
   • 1949, John O'Hara, Rage to Live:

     How would I get an African toothache when the closest I been to a quiff in over a month is sitting next to one?

2. (slang) The vulva or vagina. [from 20th c.]
   • 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate 2011, p. 120:

     Jane was drying herself in the bedroom, holding the bath towel behind her shoulders, her small breasts and childlike nipples flushed from the power jet, her quiff a barely visible thread.

English

Alternative forms

• pompador (nonstandard)

Etymology

From French Pompadour, after Madame de Pompadour (1721–1764), mistress of Louis XV.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p?mp?d??/, /?p?mp?d??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p??mp?d???/

Noun

pompadour (plural pompadours)

1. A women's hairstyle in which the hair is swept upwards from the face and worn high over the forehead.
2. A men's hairstyle of the 1950s.
3. A crimson or pink colour.
   • 1812, George Shaw, James Francis Stephens, General Zoology: pt. 1. Aves (page 409)

     […] head, neck, and whole under parts fine but very deep crimson or pompadour-colour […]

4. A corsage with low square neck.
5. A pattern for silk, with leaves and flowers in pink, blue, and gold.
6. (Britain, military, slang, historical) A member of the 56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot, an infantry regiment in the British Army, active from 1755 to 1881.

Synonyms

• (man's hairstyle): do, ducktail, quiff

Translations

Verb

pompadour (third-person singular simple present pompadours, present participle pompadouring, simple past and past participle pompadoured)

1. To style hair into a pompadour