hairpin

See also: hair-pin and hair pin

English

U-shaped hairpin (1)

Alternative forms

• hair pin, hair-pin

Etymology

From hair +‎ pin, 1788 (as hair pin). Adjective sense 1906 in hairpin turn etc.^[1]

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛə.pɪn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛɚ.pɪn/

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Noun

hairpin (plural hairpins)

1. A pin or fastener for the hair.

   Coordinate terms: hair stick; hairnet

2. (biology) A kind of ribozyme; hairpin ribozyme.
3. (chiefly attributive) A very tight bend in a road; a hairpin bend.
   • 2009, Bob Sehlinger, Grant Rafter, Beyond Disney, page 280:

     The variety of angles in the course, from slow bends to hairpins, will both test your skill as a driver and allow you the opportunity to pass other carts.

4. (music) An elongated horizontal v-shaped sign placed underneath a staff to indicate a crescendo or decrescendo.

Derived terms

• hairpin bend
• hairpin curve
• hairpinned
• hairpin transfer
• hairpin turn
• Sherman's hairpin

 

Related terms

• hair bun, hairbun

 

Descendants

• → Japanese: ヘアピン

Translations

pin or fastener for the hair

Afrikaans: haarnaald Arabic: دبوس (شعر) m (dabbūs šaʕr) Gulf Arabic: ماشة f (māša) Moroccan Arabic: فنتة f (fanta) Belarusian: шпі́лька f (špílʹka) Bulgarian: фиба (bg) f (fiba), фуркет (bg) m (furket) Chinese: Mandarin: 釵／钗 (zh) (chāi), 簪 (zh) (zān), 髮夾／发夹 (zh) (fàjiā (chiefly Taiwan), fǎjiā (chiefly China)), 髮卡／发卡 (zh) (fàqiǎ, fǎqiǎ) Dutch: haarspeld (nl) f, haarnaald f Finnish: hiusneula (fi) French: épingle à cheveux (fr) f, épingle (fr) f German: Haarnadel (de) f Greek: φουρκέτα (el) f (fourkéta) Irish: pionna gruaige m, biorán gruaige m Italian: forcina (it) f Japanese: ヘアピン (ja) (heapin) Korean: 머리핀 (meoripin) Latin: crīnāle n, discerniculum n Macedonian: шно́ла f (šnóla) Manipuri: ꯁꯝꯐꯥꯕꯤ (samphābi) Mbyá Guaraní: 'a regua Navajo: tsiighá bił dah sitání, tsiighá bił dah nátį́hí Norwegian: Bokmål: hårnål m or f Nynorsk: hårnål f Ottoman Turkish: فوركته (furketa) Plautdietsch: Spald f Polish: szpilka do włosów f, spinka (pl) f Portuguese: grampo (pt) m, gancho (pt) m (Portugal) Russian: шпи́лька (ru) f (špílʹka), шпи́лька для воло́с f (špílʹka dlja volós), зако́лка (ru) f (zakólka) (для воло́с) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: укосница f Roman: ùkosnica (sh) f Slovene: lasnica f Spanish: horquilla (es) f, gancho (es), pinche (es) m, ondulín m, rascamoño m (long), pincho (es) m (Dominican Republic), pin (es) m (United States) Swedish: hårnål (sv) Tagalog: aguhilya Thai: ปิ่น (th) (bpìn) Ukrainian: шпи́лька для воло́сся f (špýlʹka dlja volóssja), шпи́лька f (špýlʹka) West Frisian: hierspjelde c

tight bend — see hairpin bend

See also

• barrette
• dogleg
• switchback

References

1. Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “hairpin”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.