hairpin.
A pin or fastener for the hair.
Meaning & usage
A pin or fastener for the hair.
A kind of ribozyme; hairpin ribozyme.
A very tight bend in a road; a hairpin bend.
An elongated horizontal v-shaped sign placed underneath a staff to indicate a crescendo or decrescendo.
Where this word comes from
From hair + pin, 1788 (as hair pin). Adjective sense 1906 in hairpin turn etc.
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