Hairpin Definition

hârpĭn
hairpins
noun
A small, usually U-shaped, piece of wire, shell, etc., for keeping the hair or a headdress in place.
Webster's New World
Something shaped like a hairpin, especially a sharp turn in a road.
American Heritage

A pin or fastener for the hair.

Wiktionary

(biology) A kind of ribozyme; Hairpin ribozyme.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
adjective
Characterized by an abrupt, esp. a U-shaped, bend.
A road with a hairpin turn.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Hairpin

Noun

Singular:
hairpin
Plural:
hairpins

Origin of Hairpin

  • A compound of hair + pin. The adjective form recalls the tight bend characteristic of a hairpin.

    From Wiktionary

Hairpin Sentence Examples

  • Secure the ends under the bun with a hairpin.

  • The path bears left at the end of a patch of woodland then makes a hairpin bend to cross a stream.

  • The car lurches around hairpin bends, its wheels inches from the edge.

  • I got onto the marbles in the hairpin, went a bit wide because the rear locked up and got the tires dirty.

  • Back down at stream level you reach a hairpin bend with an inlet entering on the right from an impenetrable fissure.

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Words Starting With

HHAHAI

Words Ending With

NINPIN

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