HAIRPIN


Meaning of HAIRPIN in English

I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun

1. : a pin to hold the hair in place ; specifically : a two-pronged U-shaped pin made of wire, plastic, or bone

2.

a. : something shaped like a hairpin ; specifically : a sharp turn in a road having relatively parallel approaches

at the top of a long swinging hairpin he looked back and saw the moving lights of a car — Wallace Stegner

b. : two closed slalom gates placed one immediately below the other on a ski slope

II. adjective

: having the shape of a hairpin

hairpin curve

III. verb

Etymology: hairpin (I)

transitive verb

West : to get up on (as a horse) : mount

hairpinning … at sight anything on four hoofs — P.A.Rollins

intransitive verb

: to make a hairpin turn

the road hairpins up the mountainside — Tom Marvel

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.