A small, thin, flexible piece of metal or plastic bent so that the ends are close together, used for fastening a person's hair in place.
Example sentencesExamples
Danny looks the least attractive of the bunch of boys, sitting backstage in powder and hairgrips.
In short, he was making the most of his ferreting, like some old trout picking hairgrips in a supermarket.
When you have pushed all the hair in, secure with hairgrips along the seam formed by the join, starting at the bottom.
The dress had been delivered to her, along with gloves in cream silk, embroidered kidskin slippers, a silk and tortoiseshell fan, and a tortoiseshell hairgrip in the shape of a butterfly.
If Sam had swallowed the hairgrip, he could have choked.