"hairgrip" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-us-hairgrip.ogg [US] Forms: hairgrips [plural]
Etymology: hair + grip Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hair|grip}} hair + grip Head templates: {{en-noun}} hairgrip (plural hairgrips)
  1. A flat hairpin having two prongs that hold bobbed hair together. Categories (topical): Fasteners, Hair Synonyms: bobby pin, grip, kirby grip, hair-grip, hair grip Translations (flat hairpin with two prongs): مِشْبَك اَلشَّعْر (mišbak aš-šaʕr) (Arabic), 髮卡 (Chinese Mandarin), 发卡 (fàqiǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), vlásenka [feminine] (Czech), pinetka [feminine] (Czech), hiuspinni (Finnish), Haarklammer [feminine] (German), φουρκέτα (fourkéta) [feminine] (Greek), molletta [feminine] (Italian), wsuwka [feminine] (Polish), зако́лка (zakólka) [feminine] (Russian), невиди́мка (nevidímka) [feminine] (Russian), hårnål [common-gender] (Swedish), tel toka (Turkish)

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