Synonyms for Hairpin | WordToolSet

Synonyms for "hairpin" (102 found)

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Closest matches (21)

aberrancy aberration bend bendy biasbranching offbutton chevron chevronwise chevrony circuitousness corner crankiness crankled crook crooked crookedness curve

Noun(3 words)

abrupt bobbybobby pin

Strong matches (30)

Related words (51)

fastener flexuosity flexuous girth indirection lacing obliquity pererration pull rambling refract scatter sheer shift shiftingshifting courseshifting pathskew slant staggered

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straying sweep swerve swerving swinging switchback tack turn turning twist twisty variation veer wandering warp yaw zag zig zigzag zigzaggery zigzaggy zigzagways

Noun(9 words)

hairpin bendhairpin curvehairpin loophatpin pins rapid slidesstem loopu-shaped

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OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

8 entries

change fastenergeometric formnucleic acid structurepin shape transition turn

More specific

9 entries

U-shapedacute-angled curveapical loopelbow-shapedhairpin bendhairpin curveright-angled bendsteep dropsudden reversal

Collocations

7 entries

RNA hairpinhairpin bendhairpin curvehairpin loophairpin turnhairpin-shapedstem loop

Inflections

2 entries

hairpinning hairpins

Derivations

2 entries

hairpin-like hairpin-shaped

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

She unlocked the car door by means of a hairpin.

Source: tatoeba (312141)

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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Hairpin