noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   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."

2. 2
   a flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together; used to hold bobbed hair in place wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

bobby pingripbobby pingripkirby gripkirby grip

Example

More examples

"What the Americans call a bobby pin, the British call a hairgrip."

Etymology

From hair + grip.

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