hairbrush

See also: hair-brush

English
A hairbrush

Alternative forms

Etymology

From hair +‎ brush.

Pronunciation
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Noun

hairbrush (plural hairbrushes)

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

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Verb

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

  1. (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.

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