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hairful

hairful adjective: characterised by fullness of hair; hairy.

Adjective

hairful (comparative more hairful, superlative most hairful)

  1. Characterised by fullness of hair; hairy.
    • In appearance he is a hairful gnome, born to ghost the fringes of rock and roll culture.2010, Matt O'Keefe, You Think You Hear, page 196
    • As you can see, I am far less hairful than an ape.2010, Peter Josyph, Adventures in Reading Cormac McCarthy, page 102

Noun

hairful (plural hairfuls)

  1. The amount (of hair) typical in a head of hair.
    • The cinema advertisements were spectacular, since local audiences seemed to be impressed by commercials only if they lasted at least two minutes and included stunning action shots, dashing men laden with hairfuls of Brylcreem, fast cars and sexy girls.1988, James Saunders, “The Making of a Marketing Man”, in Nightmare: Ernest Saunders and the Guinness Affair, Arrow Books, published 1990, →ISBN, page 29
    • Largely because you've now got a hairful of finely sprayed boiling hot musician's shit.2008, Jon Holmes, Rock Star Babylon

Examples of hairful in a sentence

  • He reached out, grabbed a hairful of hair, and pulled.2014, Kevin D. Randle, Target!:
  • He'll scare you and stab you, and tear out a hairful!2019, James M. Campbell, One Night in the House of the Creepy Santas:

Forms of hairful

Adjective
comparativemore hairful
superlativemost hairful
Noun
pluralhairfuls

Origin of hairful

From hair + -ful.

Words formed from hairful

  • hairfulness

Questions about hairful

What does hairful mean?
Hairful means characterised by fullness of hair; hairy.
How do you use hairful in a sentence?
He reached out, grabbed a hairful of hair, and pulled.
What part of speech is hairful?
Hairful can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near hairful in the dictionary

  1. hairfall
  2. hairfalls
  3. Hairfield
  4. hairfluencer
  5. hairfluencers
  6. hairful
  7. hairfuls
  8. Hairgate
  9. hairgrass
  10. hairgrasses
  11. hairgrip

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