"perms" in the noun sense
1. Perm, Molotov
a city in the European part of Russia
2. permanent wave, permanent, perm
a series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals
"perms" in the verb sense
1. perm
give a permanent wave to
"She perms her hair"
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