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hair⋅ball

  [hair-bawl]
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–noun
a ball of hair accumulated in the stomach or intestines of a cat or other animal as a result of the animal's licking its coat.
Origin:
1705–15; hair + ball 1
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hair·ball   (hâr'bôl')   
n.  A small mass of hair in the stomach or intestine of an animal, such as a cat, that is accumulated when the animal swallows hair while licking its coat.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
hairball

  1. n.
    and furball. an obnoxious person. : I wish that the guys I date didn't always turn out to be hairballs. , Shut up, you skanky furball!
  2. exclam.
    How awful! (Usually Hairball! An exclamation of disgust. From the name of the undigested mass of fur vomited by a cat.) : Hairball! I did it wrong again!
  3. n.
    a mess; something difficult or unpleasant. : My life has become a hairball. I can't go on.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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hairball hair·ball (hâr'bôl')
n.
A small mass of hair located in the stomach or intestine of an animal, such as a cat, resulting from an accumulation of small amounts of hair that are swallowed each time the animal licks its coat. Also called pilobezoar, trichobezoar.

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