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hairpin
[ hair-pin ]
noun
- a slender U -shaped piece of wire, shell, etc., used by women to fasten up the hair or hold a headdress.
adjective
- (of a road, curve in a road, etc.) sharply curved back, as in a U shape:
a hairpin turn.
hairpin
/ ˈɛəˌɪ /
noun
- a thin double-pronged pin used by women to fasten the hair
- modifier (esp of a bend in a road) curving very sharply
Example Sentences
He ran on to the kerb at Degner One, twice had an oversteer moment at the hairpin, and then a big wobble out of the final chicane.
Leclerc challenged Russell for second, tracking right behind the Mercedes from laps 25 to 28 before a snap at the hairpin gave Russell some breathing space.
Norris had a slide at Turn 13 on his first lap, followed by the error at the hairpin on his second.
But a few days before Christmas, a string quartet hauled its instruments up the hairpin stone pathway, into a Franklin Hills living room for amonthly house-show series.
He now only had great rival Alain Prost ahead of him and Senna went past the Frenchman at the hairpin before the end of the first lap.
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