I. perm 1 /pɜːm $ pɜːrm/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1900-2000 ; Origin: ↑ permanent wave ]
a process in which you make straight hair curly by using chemicals, or hair that has been treated in this way SYN permanent American English :
a very curly perm
II. perm 2 BrE AmE verb [transitive]
1 . to make straight hair curly by using chemicals:
I’m going to have my hair permed.
her blonde permed hair
2 . British English to choose and combine a number of football games from the list given in the ↑ football pools in order to try to win money
—perming noun [uncountable] :
a home perming kit