BANDANNA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bandanna mean? 

• BANDANNA (noun)
  The noun BANDANNA has 1 sense:

1. large and brightly colored handkerchief; often used as a neckerchief

  Familiarity information: BANDANNA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BANDANNA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large and brightly colored handkerchief; often used as a neckerchief

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bandana; bandanna

Hypernyms ("bandanna" is a kind of...):

handkerchief; hankey; hankie; hanky (a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory)

 Context examples 

But memory turned traitor, and as if possessed by the perverse spirit of the girl, would only recall Jo's oddities, faults, and freaks, would only show her in the most unsentimental aspects—beating mats with her head tied up in a bandanna, barricading herself with the sofa pillow, or throwing cold water over his passion a la Gummidge—and an irresistable laugh spoiled the pensive picture he was endeavoring to paint.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Beyond sat a pair of humble lovers, artlessly holding each other by the hand, a somber spinster eating peppermints out of a paper bag, and an old gentleman taking his preparatory nap behind a yellow bandanna.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)