pigtail Synonyms
Another word for pigtail
• noun (Context 1)
A braid or gathered bunch of hair worn on one or each side of the head, or hanging down the back.
"The little girl wore her hair in two neat pigtails tied with yellow ribbons."
• noun (Context 2)
A short, flexible length of electrical wire, cable, or optical fiber used to connect a stationary component to another circuit or terminal.
"The electrician stripped the ends of the copper lead to ground the metal outlet box."
• verb (Context 3)
To splice or twist multiple electrical wires together with a short single lead for attachment to a terminal.
"You should splice the neutral wires together before securing them to the receptacle."
• verb (Context 4)
To braid or tie hair into one or two pigtails.
"She quickly pigtailed her daughter's hair before heading out to school."
• noun (Context 5)
A thin, twisted roll of tobacco.
"Merchants in the colonial port traded twists of twist alongside rum and molasses."