hairgrip en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
Etymology
From hair + grip.
Meanings
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A flat hairpin having two prongs that hold bobbed hair together.
Eve had chewed the cushion tip from her hairgrip and had begun bending back one end of the stiff piece of metal.
1981, Gillian Allnutt, Spitting the Pips Out, page 51:Then she leant over towards the bedside table, selected a hairgrip from amongst the crusted trio littered beside her hairbrush, and tenderly inserted the looped end into her right ear, turning it delicately to dredge for wax.
1985, Patricia Ferguson, Family myths and legends, page 8:“The hairgrip was in this envelope", Ulrika Stenholm said, passing him another small plastic bag containing a white envelope.
2016, Leif G. W. Persson, The Dying Detective, page 111:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hairgrips | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| hair grip | alternative | lexicographic | |
| hair-grip | alternative | lexicographic |
Synonyms
grip · bobby pin · kirby grip
Translations (13)
el φουρκέτα (flat hairpin with two prongs) · cs vlásenka (flat hairpin with two prongs) · it molletta (flat hairpin with two prongs) · tr tel toka (flat hairpin with two prongs) · ru невиди́мка (flat hairpin with two prongs) · cs pinetka (flat hairpin with two prongs) · cmn 髮卡 /发卡 (flat hairpin with two prongs) · de Haarklammer (flat hairpin with two prongs) · ar مِشْبَك اَلشَّعْر (flat hairpin with two prongs) · sv hårnål (flat hairpin with two prongs) · fi hiuspinni (flat hairpin with two prongs) · pl wsuwka (flat hairpin with two prongs) · ru зако́лка (flat hairpin with two prongs)