She unlocked the car door by means of a hairpin.
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Hairpin
//ˈhɛɚ.pɪn//
Synonyms for "hairpin" (92 found)
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Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (27)
Related words (46)
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13 entriesused for
5 entriesTranslations
60 translations across 35 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- haarnaald noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
Arabic
3 entries- دَبُّوس noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
- فنتة noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
- ماشة noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- sancaq noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
- sıxac noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
Belarusian
1 entries- шпі́лька noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
Bulgarian
2 entries- фиба noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
- фуркет noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 簪 noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
- 釵 /钗 noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
- 髮卡 /发卡 noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
- 髮夾 /发夹 noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
Dutch
2 entries- haarnaald noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
- haarspeld noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
Finnish
1 entries- hiusneula noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
French
2 entries- épingle noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
- épingle à cheveux noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
German
1 entries- Haarnadel noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
Greek
1 entries- φουρκέτα noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
Irish
2 entries- biorán gruaige noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
- pionna gruaige noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
Italian
1 entries- forcina noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
Japanese
1 entries- ヘアピン noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
Korean
1 entries- 머리핀 noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
Latin
2 entries- crīnāle noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
- discerniculum noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
Macedonian
1 entries- шно́ла noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
Manipuri
1 entries- ꯁꯝꯐꯥꯕꯤ noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
Navajo
2 entries- tsiighá bił dah nátį́hí noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
- tsiighá bił dah sitání noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- hårnål noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- hårnål noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- فوركته noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Spald noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
Polish
2 entries- spinka noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
- szpilka do włosów noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
Portuguese
2 entries- gancho noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
- grampo noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
Russian
3 entries- зако́лка noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
- шпи́лька noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
- шпи́лька для воло́с noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- ùkosnica noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
- укосница noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
Slovene
1 entries- lasnica noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
Spanish
4 entries- gancho noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
- horquilla noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
- ondulín noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
- pin noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
Swedish
1 entries- hårnål noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
Tagalog
1 entries- aguhilya noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
Thai
1 entries- ปิ่น noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
Ukrainian
2 entries- шпи́лька noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
- шпи́лька для воло́сся noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
Vietnamese
2 entries- thoa noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
- trâm noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
West-Frisian
1 entries- hierspjelde noun (pin or fastener for the hair)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
The quickest way through a hairpin turn is drifting.
Source: tatoeba (2530113)
Heading home from the bar, Uncle George took that hairpin bend a little too fast, his car tumbling down the hillside and somersaulting into the river.
Source: tatoeba (9622299)
McGyver was capable of opening a door with a hairpin.
Source: tatoeba (10696690)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.