hairpin
pronunciation
How to pronounce hairpin in British English:
UK [ˈheəpɪn]
How to pronounce hairpin in American English:
US [ˈherpɪn]
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- Noun:
- a double pronged pin used to hold women's hair in place
Word Origin
- hairpin (n.)
- also hair-pin, 1788 (two words), from hair + pin (n.). A hairpin turn, etc., is from 1906. Hairpin (or clothespin) was American English slang for "person" c. 1880-1910, especially in the expression "That's the kind of hairpin I am."
Example
- 1. Only some egyptian flapper 's silly hairpin giggles .
- 2. The secret is the composition of the hairpin 's turn .
- 3. Cantonese tv series the purple hairpin theme song karaoke .
- 4. When the tremor hit around 5 p.m. , du du was in his usual spot : the middle of borgela and sans-fil streets , a hilly hairpin intersection between downtown and the airport .
- 5. With the help of quyen nguyen , a surgeon based at ucsd , dr tsien has tested the hairpin dye on mice that had had breast cancer induced in their bodies .