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fur-flying

fur-flying adjective: vicious.

Adjective

fur-flying

  1. (idiomatic, informal) Vicious.
    • 2006: 'Anticlimactic as it may have been, the news last week that Meredith Vieira would replace Katie Couric on the “Today” show marked the dénouement of a fur-flying, nail-biting, years-long game of musical chairs among television’s leading ladies.' — The New Yorker, 17 April 2006, page 27.

Origin of fur-flying

Since a particularly vicious fight between cats or other animals sends fur flying.

Questions about fur-flying

What does fur-flying mean?
Fur-flying means vicious.
What part of speech is fur-flying?
Fur-flying is an adjective.

Words near fur-flying in the dictionary

  1. fur up
  2. fur-bearing trout
  3. fur-coated
  4. fur-demon
  5. fur-demons
  6. fur-flying
  7. fur.
  8. furacious
  9. furacity
  10. furadantin
  11. furafylline

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