different between scrunchi vs scrunchie

English

Noun

scrunchi (plural scrunchis)

1. Alternative form of scrunchie
   • 2003, Dori Hillestad Butler, Sliding into Home (page 172)

     Brooke pulled the purple scrunchi off her ponytail and ran her fingers through her hair.

   • 2007, Jeffery Deaver, The Sleeping Doll (page 282)

     The girl tossed the book on the planks of the swing and rocked back and forth, as she pulled the scrunchi out of her hair and rebound her ponytail.

   • 2011, Leslie Wheeler, Murder at Plimoth Plantation

     Prepared as I was for the worst, the utter ordinariness of the scene took me by surprise: covers turned back on the bed, an indentation in the pillow where Caroline's head had been, her lavender scrunchi on the nightstand.

English

Alternative forms

• scrunchy

Etymology

scrunch +? -ie

Noun

scrunchie (plural scrunchies)

1. A small elasticated ring of fabric placed around long hair to hold it in place behind the head.

   Synonym: gogo

   • 2012, Linda Howard, To Die For: Number 1 in series, Hachette UK (?ISBN)

     When he had it all caught in one hand, he said, “What do I put around it?” “A scrunchie.” “A whatie?” “Scrunchie. Don't tell me you don't have a scrunchie.” “I don't even know what the hell a scrunchie is.” “It's what you use to hold up ponytails. Duh.”

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Further reading

• scrunchie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• crunchies