hairy
- adjective
- /ˈhɛri/
- The very worst thing of all was those big, hairy paws in lacy gloves.
- a hairy chest
- hairy animals
- hairy hands
If I expose my calf, my beautiful hairy calf, it's a crime.
- If I expose my calf, my beautiful hairy calf, it's a crime.
- You know, I've had hairy back and hairy buttocks.
- No, the only the only the hairiest areas need to be blow dry.
- I'm quite hairy, but like not too hairy, shaved.
- Bald face, not bald face, hairy face, baldy.
- You should have hairy legs and, you know, hairy arms because that's the way you're made.
- You know, build me some beautiful hairy texture with color pencil.
- Small back, small lower back, long back, small lower back, hairy, dirt ground beef.
- They were pig shaped mounds of hairy Bony pudding, that is.
Examples
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She wore a sweater made of hairy wool to keep warm in winter.
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I like a hairy chest, myself.
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It's a huge hairy monster.
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You know, I'm just a big, hairy, American winning machine.
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The two brides hold a fan made of the hairy part of a horse's tail while they dance.
Academic text (1993) -
You know, I've had hairy back and hairy buttocks.
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He's older and hairier, but it's him.
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I'm just a massive, hulking, hairy Frankenstein boy.
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Her face is buried in the hairy, bare chest of Kezure, an enormous, bear-like pirate king.
Fiction book (1990) -
The dog had a hairy coat that shed all over the living room.
Synonyms
Covered with soft thick hair like an animal
Thick and full, spreading like a small bush, often for hair or tails
With long, thick, untidy hair, fur, or material that looks rough
Having a lot of hair on the body or face
Covered with thick soft hair like an animal
Long, thick hair that looks messy and not neat
Covered with fine white hairs, usually on plants or animals
Having a lot of hair on the head or body
Having thick, curly or matted hair like wool
Having long, thick, untidy fur or hair that needs brushing
With a surface covered in fine soft hairs
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A plant that comes back every year with yellow flower heads and fine hairs, growing in dry places
- Specialized
A climbing shrub with hairy leaves and yellow-orange fragrant flowers
- Specialized
A small evergreen plant with woolly hairs on the leaf stems and underside of its leaves
- Specialized
A small freshwater fish with short stiff hairs on its fins often kept in aquariums
- Specialized
Many thin roots growing abnormally near a plant's base, often caused by a disease called crown gall
- Specialized
A harmless mouth problem where the tongue looks dark and furry because tiny bumps grow too long, often after antibiotics
A plant from Europe and Asia with purple red flowers and hairy stems that often grows near rivers
A North American plant that grows in woods with pale blue or purple spotted flowers
How Hairy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hairy comes from the word hair plus the ending -y, which means 'full of'. So hairy literally means 'full of hair', which is why we use it for people or things covered with hair.