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hairpins

hairpins is the plural of hairpin.

Meaning of hairpin

Noun

hairpin (plural hairpins)

  1. A pin or fastener for the hair.
  2. A kind of ribozyme; hairpin ribozyme.
  3. (attributive) A very tight bend in a road; a hairpin bend.
    • 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.2009, Bob Sehlinger, Grant Rafter, Beyond Disney, page 280
  4. An elongated horizontal v-shaped sign placed underneath a staff to indicate a crescendo or decrescendo.

Phrases with hairpins

Questions about hairpins

What is hairpins the plural of?
Hairpins is the plural of hairpin.

Words near hairpins in the dictionary

  1. hairpin transfer
  2. hairpin transfers
  3. hairpin turn
  4. hairpin turns
  5. hairpinned
  6. hairpins
  7. hairpipe
  8. hairpipes
  9. hairplay
  10. hairpluck
  11. hairplucks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hairpins (page history and authors); hairpin (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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