Usually means: Teasing hair towards the scalp.
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  1. backcombing: Collins English Dictionary
  2. backcombing: Wordnik
  3. backcombing: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. backcombing: Wiktionary
  5. Backcombing: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. backcombing: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wikipedia (Backcombing)

noun:  (also known as teasing or ratting) a way of combing hair which is used to create volume as well as to create certain hairstyles.


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