"hairpin bend" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hairpin bends [plural]
Etymology: The shape resembles a hairpin. Head templates: {{en-noun}} hairpin bend (plural hairpin bends)
  1. An acute curve, often one of a series, in a road, especially on a steep incline. Categories (topical): Roads Synonyms: hairpin curve, hairpin turn Coordinate_terms: horseshoe curve Translations (acute curve in a road on a steep incline): haarnaalddraai (Afrikaans), revolt tancat [masculine] (Catalan), haarspeldbocht [feminine] (Dutch), neulansilmä (Finnish), neulansilmämutka (Finnish), virage en épingle à cheveux [masculine] (French), Haarnadelkurve [feminine] (German), Kehre [feminine] (German), φουρκέτα (fourkéta) [feminine] (Greek), עקלתון (akalatón) [masculine] (Hebrew), hajtűkanyar (Hungarian), tornante [masculine] (Italian), curva a gomito [feminine] (Italian), 급커브 (geupkeobeu) (Korean), о́стра кри́вина (óstra krívina) [feminine] (Macedonian), о́стар за́вој (óstar závoj) [masculine] (Macedonian), серпенти́на (serpentína) [feminine] (Macedonian), lhoob geyre [masculine] (Manx), lhoob giare [masculine] (Manx), hårnålssving [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), hårnålssving [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), torniché [masculine] (Piedmontese), tornant [masculine] (Piedmontese), ostry zakręt [masculine] (Polish), крутой поворот дороги (krutoj povorot dorogi) (Russian), horquilla [feminine] (Spanish), paella [feminine] (Spanish), herradura [feminine] (Spanish), serpentinväg [common-gender] (Swedish), серпанти́н (serpantýn) [masculine] (Ukrainian), hierspjeldebocht [common-gender] (West Frisian)

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          "code": "af",
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          "sense": "acute curve in a road on a steep incline",
          "word": "haarnaalddraai"
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          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "acute curve in a road on a steep incline",
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          "sense": "acute curve in a road on a steep incline",
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          "code": "fr",
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          "word": "virage en épingle à cheveux"
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          "code": "de",
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          "code": "he",
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          "roman": "akalatón",
          "sense": "acute curve in a road on a steep incline",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "acute curve in a road on a steep incline",
          "word": "hajtűkanyar"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "acute curve in a road on a steep incline",
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          "word": "tornante"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "acute curve in a road on a steep incline",
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          "word": "curva a gomito"
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          "roman": "geupkeobeu",
          "sense": "acute curve in a road on a steep incline",
          "word": "급커브"
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          "sense": "acute curve in a road on a steep incline",
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "krutoj povorot dorogi",
          "sense": "acute curve in a road on a steep incline",
          "word": "крутой поворот дороги"
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          "sense": "acute curve in a road on a steep incline",
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          "sense": "acute curve in a road on a steep incline",
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          "sense": "acute curve in a road on a steep incline",
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "acute curve in a road on a steep incline",
      "word": "haarnaalddraai"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "acute curve in a road on a steep incline",
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      "sense": "acute curve in a road on a steep incline",
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      "sense": "acute curve in a road on a steep incline",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "acute curve in a road on a steep incline",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Haarnadelkurve"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "acute curve in a road on a steep incline",
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      "sense": "acute curve in a road on a steep incline",
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      "sense": "acute curve in a road on a steep incline",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "acute curve in a road on a steep incline",
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "acute curve in a road on a steep incline",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "tornante"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "acute curve in a road on a steep incline",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "curva a gomito"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "geupkeobeu",
      "sense": "acute curve in a road on a steep incline",
      "word": "급커브"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "óstra krívina",
      "sense": "acute curve in a road on a steep incline",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "о́стра кри́вина"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "óstar závoj",
      "sense": "acute curve in a road on a steep incline",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "о́стар за́вој"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "serpentína",
      "sense": "acute curve in a road on a steep incline",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "gv",
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      "sense": "acute curve in a road on a steep incline",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "acute curve in a road on a steep incline",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "acute curve in a road on a steep incline",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "hårnålssving"
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      "code": "nn",
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      "sense": "acute curve in a road on a steep incline",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "hårnålssving"
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      "code": "pms",
      "lang": "Piedmontese",
      "sense": "acute curve in a road on a steep incline",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "torniché"
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    {
      "code": "pms",
      "lang": "Piedmontese",
      "sense": "acute curve in a road on a steep incline",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "tornant"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "acute curve in a road on a steep incline",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ostry zakręt"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "krutoj povorot dorogi",
      "sense": "acute curve in a road on a steep incline",
      "word": "крутой поворот дороги"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "acute curve in a road on a steep incline",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "horquilla"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "acute curve in a road on a steep incline",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "paella"
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    {
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      "sense": "acute curve in a road on a steep incline",
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      "word": "herradura"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "acute curve in a road on a steep incline",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "serpentinväg"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "serpantýn",
      "sense": "acute curve in a road on a steep incline",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "fy",
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      "sense": "acute curve in a road on a steep incline",
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      "word": "hierspjeldebocht"
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