Headgear
noun
Something worn on the head for protection, fashion, or identification.
The cyclist wore a bright red headgear to ensure visibility on the road.
Often appears as...
- safety headgear
- fashion headgear
noun
A device worn on the head to correct or maintain certain positions of the teeth and jaws.
The orthodontist recommended that she wear her headgear every night.
Often appears as...
- orthodontic headgear
- dental headgear
Usage tips
Medical
noun
Something worn on the head for protection, fashion, or identification.
The cyclist wore a bright red headgear to ensure visibility on the road.
Often appears as...
- safety headgear
- fashion headgear
noun
A device worn on the head to correct or maintain certain positions of the teeth and jaws.
The orthodontist recommended that she wear her headgear every night.
Often appears as...
- orthodontic headgear
- dental headgear
Usage tips
Medical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Usage Context
Headgear for protection or fashion is commonly seen in sports, workplaces, and social events.
Workers must wear protective headgear on the construction site.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Variations
Headgear styles can vary widely across different cultures and are often symbolic or traditional.
At the festival, many participants wore traditional headgear with colorful feathers.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Helmets
Headgear isn't limited to helmets; it includes a wide range of headwear like turbans, crowns, and headbands.
The chef's headgear included a tall white hat known as a toque.
Pro Tip 1/3Usage Context
Headgear for protection or fashion is commonly seen in sports, workplaces, and social events.
Workers must wear protective headgear on the construction site.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Variations
Headgear styles can vary widely across different cultures and are often symbolic or traditional.
At the festival, many participants wore traditional headgear with colorful feathers.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Helmets
Headgear isn't limited to helmets; it includes a wide range of headwear like turbans, crowns, and headbands.
The chef's headgear included a tall white hat known as a toque.
Pro Tip 1/3Usage Context
Headgear for protection or fashion is commonly seen in sports, workplaces, and social events.
Workers must wear protective headgear on the construction site.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Variations
Headgear styles can vary widely across different cultures and are often symbolic or traditional.
At the festival, many participants wore traditional headgear with colorful feathers.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Helmets
Headgear isn't limited to helmets; it includes a wide range of headwear like turbans, crowns, and headbands.
The chef's headgear included a tall white hat known as a toque.
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Video examples
Finding Little Owls in...
It won't be out of place in a zombie apocalypse film. It wouldn't at all. Feels like it would be very easy to die here. That thing is incredible there. And that's the that's the main headgear that brought up all that coal and over its lifetime, it brought up twenty four million tons of coal.
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Alison Wright: Portraits...
town and obviously I'm really into their dress and their headgear and I see an orange hat and I'm practically hyperventilating and I I believe it's probably made from that goat hair and then I saw a few more and they started looking like little dr. Seuss characters
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The radical beauty of...
a culture clash that works. In "Sartorial Anarchy #5," I wore a macaroni wig, inspired by eighteenth-century macaroni headgear from England.
Video examples
Finding Little Owls in...
It won't be out of place in a zombie apocalypse film. It wouldn't at all. Feels like it would be very easy to die here. That thing is incredible there. And that's the that's the main headgear that brought up all that coal and over its lifetime, it brought up twenty four million tons of coal.
Video examples
Alison Wright: Portraits...
town and obviously I'm really into their dress and their headgear and I see an orange hat and I'm practically hyperventilating and I I believe it's probably made from that goat hair and then I saw a few more and they started looking like little dr. Seuss characters
Video examples
The radical beauty of...
a culture clash that works. In "Sartorial Anarchy #5," I wore a macaroni wig, inspired by eighteenth-century macaroni headgear from England.
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Quote examples
Charles Platt
English Author
At 3-D Imax theaters, audiences have shown they are willing to pay a premium to wear headgear fitted with liquid-crystal lenses synchronized via infrared signals with the movie projector, which runs at twice the normal frame rate. These movie viewers plumb new depths in depth perception - they experience extreme realism.
Quote examples
Mandy Bujold
Canadian Athlete
I, for one, refuse to box without headgear as an amateur. With the rising awareness of concussions and head injury, it is becoming more evident that we need to protect our brains as much as possible. There hasn't been enough research to conclude that it is safer to box without the use of headgear.
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Jordin Sparks
American Musician
Well... I had braces and I had to wear headgear! I loved my braces, actually. For me, they were like a piece of jewelry! Instead of the silver or pewter I had gold braces. It was so much fun, I loved them. I got to change the colors and stuff and I had the rubber bands.
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Geraldine Brooks
Australian Journalist
When I write a word in English, a simple one, such as, say, 'chief,' I have unwittingly ushered a querulous horde into the room. The Roman legionary is there, shaking his cap, or head, and Andy Capp is there, slouching in his signature working man's headgear.
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Daniel Jacobs
American Boxer
There's not a lot of things to look out for in amateur boxing. Once the headgear comes off, once the 10-ounce gloves come on and you're fighting men and you're doing all these different things, that's where the experience comes.
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Malin Akerman
Swedish Actress
I was really shy growing up. I had braces, headgear, and no boobs - still don't. So, the boys weren't interested in me. The only way I could get attention was by being a goof and a dork, which meant a lot of physical comedy.
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Brin-Jonathan Butler
American Journalist
I'd never seen Rigondeaux's face without it being obscured by headgear or a photograph of Fidel he was holding up after winning a tournament. Finally I saw him, only to recognize the saddest face I'd ever seen in Cuba.
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George Foreman
American Boxer
The integration of a headgear in professional boxing would do so much to make it safer for young men. They could go into the sport, make a lot of money and then come out and be good grandfathers.
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Deontay Wilder
American Athlete
I'm looking forward to the fighting with no headgear - I'm jealous. I kind of want to go back to the Olympics to experience no headgear.
Quote examples
Charles Platt
English Author
At 3-D Imax theaters, audiences have shown they are willing to pay a premium to wear headgear fitted with liquid-crystal lenses synchronized via infrared signals with the movie projector, which runs at twice the normal frame rate. These movie viewers plumb new depths in depth perception - they experience extreme realism.
Quote examples
Mandy Bujold
Canadian Athlete
I, for one, refuse to box without headgear as an amateur. With the rising awareness of concussions and head injury, it is becoming more evident that we need to protect our brains as much as possible. There hasn't been enough research to conclude that it is safer to box without the use of headgear.
Quote examples
Jordin Sparks
American Musician
Well... I had braces and I had to wear headgear! I loved my braces, actually. For me, they were like a piece of jewelry! Instead of the silver or pewter I had gold braces. It was so much fun, I loved them. I got to change the colors and stuff and I had the rubber bands.
Quote examples
Geraldine Brooks
Australian Journalist
When I write a word in English, a simple one, such as, say, 'chief,' I have unwittingly ushered a querulous horde into the room. The Roman legionary is there, shaking his cap, or head, and Andy Capp is there, slouching in his signature working man's headgear.
Quote examples
Daniel Jacobs
American Boxer
There's not a lot of things to look out for in amateur boxing. Once the headgear comes off, once the 10-ounce gloves come on and you're fighting men and you're doing all these different things, that's where the experience comes.
Quote examples
Malin Akerman
Swedish Actress
I was really shy growing up. I had braces, headgear, and no boobs - still don't. So, the boys weren't interested in me. The only way I could get attention was by being a goof and a dork, which meant a lot of physical comedy.
Quote examples
Brin-Jonathan Butler
American Journalist
I'd never seen Rigondeaux's face without it being obscured by headgear or a photograph of Fidel he was holding up after winning a tournament. Finally I saw him, only to recognize the saddest face I'd ever seen in Cuba.
Quote examples
George Foreman
American Boxer
The integration of a headgear in professional boxing would do so much to make it safer for young men. They could go into the sport, make a lot of money and then come out and be good grandfathers.
Quote examples
Deontay Wilder
American Athlete
I'm looking forward to the fighting with no headgear - I'm jealous. I kind of want to go back to the Olympics to experience no headgear.
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