'Hairpin' definitions:
Definition of 'hairpin'
(from WordNet)
noun
A double pronged pin used to hold women's hair in place
Definition of 'Hairpin'
From: GCIDE
- Hairpin \Hair"pin`\ (-p[i^]n`), n. A pin, usually forked, or of bent wire, for fastening the hair in place, -- used by women. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'hairpin'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aberrancy,
- aberration,
- bend,
- bendy,
- bias,
- branching off,
- chevron,
- chevronwise,
- chevrony,
- circuitousness,
- corner,
- crankiness,
- crankled,
- crook,
- crooked,
- crookedness,
- curve,
- curvy,
- declination,
- departure,
- detour,
- deviance,
- deviancy,
- deviation,
- deviousness,
- digression,
- discursion,
- divagation,
- divarication,
- divergence,
- diversion,
- dogleg,
- double,
- drift,
- drifting,
- errantry,
- excursion,
- excursus,
- exorbitation,
- flexuosity,
- flexuous,
- indirection,
- obliquity,
- pererration,
- rambling,
- sheer,
- shift,
- shifting,
- shifting course,
- shifting path,
- skew,
- slant,
- staggered,
- straying,
- sweep,
- swerve,
- swerving,
- swinging,
- switchback,
- tack,
- turn,
- turning,
- twist,
- twisty,
- variation,
- veer,
- wandering,
- warp,
- yaw,
- zag,
- zig,
- zigzag,
- zigzaggery,
- zigzaggy,
- zigzagways