Back-comb Crossword Clue

• (verb)
  1. disentangle and raise the fibers of
  2. ruffle (one’s hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect
• (noun)
  1. the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances
  2. someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)

• BACK (noun)
  1. a support that you can lean against while sitting
  2. the side that goes last or is not normally seen
• BACK (verb)
  1. give support or one’s approval to
  2. establish as valid or genuine
• BACK (adverb)
  1. in or to or toward a past time
  2. at or to or toward the back or rear
• BACK (adjective)
  1. located at or near the back of an animal
  2. of an earlier date
• COMB (verb)
  1. search thoroughly
  2. smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb
• COMB (noun)
  1. the act of drawing a comb through hair
  2. the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds

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