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hairpin Definition

hair·pin (-pin′)

noun

a small, usually -shaped, piece of wire, shell, etc., for keeping the hair or a headdress in place

adjective

formed like a hairpin a hairpin turn

hairpin Synonyms

hairpin

n.

hair fastener, pin, bobby pin, clasp, hair clip, barrette; see also fastener.

hairpin Usage Examples

Preposition: on

  • lap: Braking hard into the hairpin on the first lap Webster looked simply invincible.

Converse of object

  • negotiate: As the front runners negotiated a tight hairpin on the dirt section, Steele crashed out leaving Iddon to take the lead.
  • exit: Karl had already nicked fifth back from Stanley, who slid through the mud exiting the hairpin for the final time.
  • round: Continue upwards and round the hairpin bend near the top.
  • make: The path bears left at the end of a patch of woodland then makes a hairpin bend to cross a stream.
  • take: Gez said he could have caught him if he taken the hairpin a bit better!
  • enter: MotorSport Vision champion Dempsey was struggling with the set-up of his car and spun entering the hairpin.

Adjective modifier

  • tight: The circuit favors the lighter drivers due to two very tight hairpins, the second of which precedes the back straight.
  • sharp: Here, the road swings round to the left on a sharp hairpin, with a steep ravine on your left hand side.
  • final: Near the bottom of the hill, at the final hairpin, you'll see a sign for the Flower Tunnel teashop.
  • second: Exiting the second hairpin will naturally bring you out onto the right hand side, which is where you need to be.
  • last: The entrance is found by taking a path off the last left hand hairpin bend before a clearing.
  • first: He was clearly rattled, for having seen the board calling him in he promptly spun at the first hairpin!

Modifies a noun

  • bend: The road which is well surfaced climbs steadily through more hairpin bends.
  • loop: On yet another hairpin loop, Besançon loomed like a mountain, its marina visible through a lock off the craggy river gorge.
  • turn: A fast and rocky fire road drop leading into a large hairpin turn before spitting you across the very welcome finish line.
  • structure: These features are formed as a result of particle acceleration in the hairpin field structure of the distant tail.
  • right: It was all a question of getting the line around the hairpin right.
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Noun used with modifier

  • Druid: On lap nine Green dived through into the Druids hairpin to claim third.

Browse dictionary entries near hairpin

  1. hairpiece
  2. hairnet
  3. hairline
  4. hairless
  5. hairiness
  6. -haired
  7. hairdresser
  8. hairdo
  9. haircut
  10. haircloth
  1. hairsbreadth
  2. hairsplitting
  3. hairspring
  4. hairstreak
  5. hairstyle
  6. hairworm
  7. hairy
  8. hairy vetch
  9. Haiti
  10. Haitian