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)

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

Translations

a brush used in hair care

• Arabic: فُرْشَاة شَعْر f (furšā(t) šaʕr), فُرْشَة شَعْر f (furša(t) šaʕr)

  Hijazi Arabic: فُرْشَة شَعَر f (furša(t) šaʕar)

• 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 (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)

See also

• comb

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^[1], 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^[2], 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.

See also

• hairbrushing