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hairbrush

hairbrush noun: a brush used in hair care for brushing, tidying, and detangling hair.

hairbrush: a brush used in hair care for brushing, tidying, and detangling hair
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Noun

hairbrush (plural hairbrushes)

  1. A brush used in hair care for brushing, tidying, and detangling hair

Verb

hairbrush (third-person singular simple present hairbrushes, present participle hairbrushing, simple past and past participle hairbrushed)

  1. (transitive) To spank with a hairbrush.
    • Bad feeding, adolescence—always a dangerous period for the male—and the brutality and bestiality in the dormitories made life a hell on earth. An apathy settled on me. I withered. I learned nothing; I did nothing. I was kicked, hounded, caned, flogged, hairbrushed, morning, noon, and night.1938, C. R. W. Nevinson, Paint and Prejudice, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, pages 11–12
    • Do you know what it’s like, Brannan, to be flogged and hairbrushed, kicked and cursed every day of your school life? I’m treated worse than a dog and nobody gives a damn—least of all the masters.2014, Dominic Luke, Nothing Undone Remained, London: Buried River Press, page 147

hairbrush meaning in Tamil and Arabic

hairbrush in Tamil

முடிக்கட்டை

hairbrush in Arabic

a brush used in hair care
فُرْشَاة شَعْر, فُرْشَة شَعْر

Forms of hairbrush

Noun
pluralhairbrushes
alternative formhair-brush
alternative formhair brush
Verb
third-person singular presenthairbrushes
present participlehairbrushing
past participlehairbrushed
pasthairbrushed

Origin of hairbrush

From hair + brush.

Questions about hairbrush

What does hairbrush mean?
Hairbrush means a brush used in hair care for brushing, tidying, and detangling hair.
What is hairbrush in Tamil?
Hairbrush in Tamil is முடிக்கட்டை. See Hairbrush meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hairbrush?
Hairbrush can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of hairbrush?
The plural of hairbrush is hairbrushes.

Words near hairbrush in the dictionary

  1. hairbrain
  2. hairbrained
  3. hairbrains
  4. hairbreadth
  5. hairbreadths
  6. hairbrush
  7. hairbrushed
  8. hairbrushes
  9. hairbrushing
  10. hairbrushings
  11. hairbun

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: hairbrush (page history and authors); hairbrush (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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