hairpin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A pin or fastener for the hair.
A kind of ribozyme; hairpin ribozyme.
A very tight bend in a road; a hairpin bend.
An elongated horizontal v-shaped sign placed underneath a staff to indicate a crescendo or decrescendo.

/ˈhɛə.pɪn/ /ˈhɛɚ.pɪn/ en-us-hairpin.ogg

hairpin hairpins hair pin hair-pin

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

hair bun hairbun barrette dogleg switchback

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

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