bobby pin Syllabification: (bob·by pin)Translate bobby pin | into Spanish Definition of bobby pin noun a kind of sprung hairpin or small clip. verb (bobby-pin) [with object] fix (hair) in place with a bobby pin. Origin: 1930s: from bob2 (because bobby pins were originally used with bobbed hair) + -y2bobby pin in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of bobby pin in the British & World English dictionary