1
: a wig or section of hair worn to cover a bald spot
2
: a curl or lock of hair made into a topknot on a periwig or natural coiffure
also
: a periwig with such a topknot
Examples of toupee in a Sentence
the weatherman calmly adjusted his toupee after the wind nearly blew it off
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While back in July 2019, a Colombian man with a suspiciously large head was stopped by Spanish police in Barcelona, who found a massive package of drugs hidden under his toupee.
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The croupier, a large terrier wearing a toupee, almost seemed amused.
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James Powel, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
While back in July 2019, a Colombian man with a suspiciously large head was stopped by Spanish police in Barcelona, who found a massive package of drugs hidden under his toupee.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
The croupier, a large terrier wearing a toupee, almost seemed amused.
—Hazlitt, 9 Dec. 2024
The chain’s Umbrella Tree is an eight-foot Tannenbaum that forgoes the traditional triangle shape and instead looks more like a Festivus pole with a spruce-tip toupee.
—Bychris Morris, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Toupee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/toupee. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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toupee
noun
tou·pee
tü-ˈpā 
: a small wig worn to cover a bald spot
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