Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small mass of hair in the stomach or intestine of an animal, such as a cat, that is accumulated when the animal swallows hair while licking its coat.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small pellet or a large concretion, composed chiefly of hair, found in the stomachs of animals which have the habit of licking themselves or other animals. See
bezoar andheterolith .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a compact mass of hair that forms in the stomach of animals as a result of licking fur.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A small wad of
fur or mass ofhair formed in the digestive system of acat or otheranimal , from hairingested while grooming. - noun slang, figuratively A
messy ,tangled , intractable, stay-away-from-it issue.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a compact mass of hair that forms in the alimentary canal (especially in the stomach of animals as a result of licking fur)
- noun a compact mass of hair that forms in the alimentary canal (especially in the stomach of animals as a result of licking fur)
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Examples
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I still think IPTV is a political hairball, which is going to cause a lot of problems in the near term.
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Hair clumped together might be called a hairball to some, but it's art to others.
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Nope, those felted pins look like some kind of hairball/eggsacks from god-knows-what kind of insect/alien.
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Sure, this "hairball" IT system I'm supposed to be in charge of is all someone else's fault, but that "chargeback" system, well accounting is in charge of that aren't they!
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After the vet inspected the 'hairball' he told me that it looked like a combination of stage makeup, Rogaine and Friskies Chicken Liver Dinner.
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The smallest of the dogs looked more like a "hairball" than a dog when first removed from the house.
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The smallest of the dogs looked more like a "hairball" than a dog when first removed from the house.
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The smallest of the dogs looked more like a "hairball" than a dog when first removed from the house.
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The smallest of the dogs looked more like a "hairball" than a dog when first removed from the house.
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The smallest of the dogs looked more like a "hairball" than a dog when first removed from the house.
tuatara commented on the word hairball
a clump of mess that my cat leaves around the house for my naked foot to find
June 27, 2007
reesetee commented on the word hairball
Eeeeeeeewwwww!
June 27, 2007
bilby commented on the word hairball
In deep sleep hear sound
cat vomit hairball somewhere
will find in morning
- Anon, Cat Haiku.
August 12, 2008