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hairpulling

hairpulling noun: the pulling of one's own or another's hair.

Noun

hairpulling (uncountable)

  1. The pulling of one's own or another's hair.
    • Shirley, a 42-year-old married homemaker, presented for evaluation of compulsive hairpulling.2006, Nancy C. Andreasen, Donald W. Black, Introductory textbook of psychiatry

Origin of hairpulling

From hair + pulling.

Questions about hairpulling

What does hairpulling mean?
Hairpulling means the pulling of one's own or another's hair.
What part of speech is hairpulling?
Hairpulling is a noun.

Words near hairpulling in the dictionary

  1. hairplay
  2. hairpluck
  3. hairplucks
  4. hairpuller
  5. hairpullers
  6. hairpulling
  7. hairraising
  8. hairs
  9. hairs in the gate
  10. hairs' breadths
  11. hairsbreadth

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