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hairball

hairball noun: a trichobezoar; a small wad of fur or mass of hair formed in the digestive system of a cat or other animal, from hair ingested while grooming.

Noun

hairball (plural hairballs)

  1. A trichobezoar; a small wad of fur or mass of hair formed in the digestive system of a cat or other animal, from hair ingested while grooming.
    Synonyms:
    furball
  2. (figuratively, slang) A messy, tangled, intractable issue.
    • The contract negotiations are turning into a real hairball.

hairball meaning in Tamil and Bengali

hairball in Tamil

மயிர் உருண்டை, மயிர்ப்பந்து

hairball in Bengali

ট্রাইকোবেজোয়ার, একটি বিৃঙ্খলাপূর্ণ, জটিল এবং দুঃসাধ্য সমস্যা

Synonyms of hairball

Forms of hairball

pluralhairballs

Origin of hairball

From hair + ball.

Questions about hairball

What does hairball mean?
Hairball means a trichobezoar; a small wad of fur or mass of hair formed in the digestive system of a cat or other animal, from hair ingested while grooming.
What is hairball in Tamil?
Hairball in Tamil is மயிர் உருண்டை, மயிர்ப்பந்து. See Hairball meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hairball?
Hairball is a noun.
What is the plural of hairball?
The plural of hairball is hairballs.

Words near hairball in the dictionary

  1. hair-splittings
  2. hair-tidies
  3. hair-tidy
  4. hair-trigger
  5. hair-triggers
  6. hairball
  7. hairballs
  8. hairband
  9. hairbands
  10. hairbell
  11. hairbells

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: hairball (page history and authors); hairball (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hairball (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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