hairbrush

See also: hair-brush

English

A hairbrush

Alternative forms

hair-brush
hair brush

Etymology

From hair +‎ brush.

Pronunciation

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Noun

hairbrush (plural hairbrushes)

A brush used in hair care for brushing, tidying, and detangling hair

Translations

a brush used in hair care

Breton: broust-blev (br) m
Central Sierra Miwok: jaṭís·a-
Chinese:
Mandarin: 髮刷／发刷 (fàshuā)
Czech: kartáč na vlasy m
Danish: hårbørste (da) c
Dutch: haarborstel (nl) m
Esperanto: harobroso
Estonian: juuksehari (et)
Finnish: hiusharja (fi)
French: brosse à cheveux (fr) f
German: Haarbürste (de) f
Greek: βούρτσα μαλλιών f (voúrtsa mallión)
Hungarian: hajkefe (hu)
Icelandic: hárbursti (is)
Irish: scuab ghruaige f
Italian: spazzola (it)
Japanese: ヘアブラシ (heaburashi)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: شانە‎ (ku) (şane)
Lakota: wíglasto
Luxembourgish: Hoerbiischt f
Malagasy: borosin-doha (mg)
Maltese: xkupilja tax-xagħar
Navajo: béʼézhóóʼ
Norman: brînge à g'veux f (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hårbørste m
Nynorsk: hårbørste m
Plautdietsch: Barscht f
Polish: szczotka do włosów (pl) f
Portuguese: escova de cabelo f
Russian: щётка (ru) f (ščótka) (для воло́с), щётка для воло́с f (ščótka dlja volós), расчёска (ru) f (rasčóska)
Scottish Gaelic: bruis-chinn
Spanish: cepillo del pelo (es) m
Swedish: hårborste (sv) c
Turkish: saç fırçası (tr)
Volapük: heremikef (vo)

Verb

hairbrush (third-person singular simple present hairbrushes, present participle hairbrushing, simple past and past participle hairbrushed)

(transitive) To spank with a hairbrush.
- 1938, C. R. W. Nevinson, Paint and Prejudice‎, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, pages 11–12:
  Bad feeding, adolescence—always a dangerous period for the male—and the brutality and bestiality in the dormitories made life a hell on earth. An apathy settled on me. I withered. I learned nothing; I did nothing. I was kicked, hounded, caned, flogged, hairbrushed, morning, noon, and night.
- 2014, Dominic Luke, Nothing Undone Remained‎, London: Buried River Press, page 147:
  Do you know what it’s like, Brannan, to be flogged and hairbrushed, kicked and cursed every day of your school life? I’m treated worse than a dog and nobody gives a damn—least of all the masters.