Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hairgrip

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hair-grip
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A flat hairpin having two prongs that hold bobbed hair together.

Example Sentences

"Eve had chewed the cushion tip from her hairgrip and had begun bending back one end of the stiff piece of metal."
"Then she leant over towards the bedside table, selected a hairgrip from amongst the crusted trio littered beside her hairbrush, and tenderly inserted the looped end into her right ear, turning it delicately to dredge for wax."
"“The hairgrip was in this envelope", Ulrika Stenholm said, passing him another small plastic bag containing a white envelope."

Etymology

From hair + grip.

Inflected Forms

hairgrips (plural) hair-grip (alternative) hair grip (alternative)

Synonyms

bobby pin grip kirby grip

Questions

What does hairgrip mean?: A flat hairpin having two prongs that hold bobbed hair together.
Where does hairgrip come from?: From hair + grip.

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