hairplay

English

Etymology

From hair +‎ play.

Noun

hairplay (uncountable)

1. The act of playing with one's own or someone else's hair (usually on the head).
   • 1995, M. G. Lord, Forever Barbie: The Unauthorized Biography of a Real Doll, page 174:

     But because of little girls' fascination with "hairplay," the dolls have lengthy locks.

   • 2003, Rolf Schroers, A Thousand Fathoms Under the Skin, volume 1, page 167:

     One could make out a faint sucking-sound^[sic] coming from her mouth, but the flattened lips would only brush the fine down while two fingers of the other hand went in search of more such hairplay on her—or his—body.