Definition of (a) hair in English English dictionary
- angel hair
- A type of pasta, thinner than spaghetti or vermicelli; capellini
- axillary hair
- Androgenic hair growing in the armpit, normally beginning at the onset of, or shortly after, pubarche
- axillary hair
- A single strand of axillary hair
- bad hair day
- A day when several things seems to be unmanageable or go wrong
What's the matter with Fred, he's criticising? Oh, he's just having a bad hair day.
- bad hair day
- A day when one's hair seems unmanageable
- bad hair days
- plural form of bad hair day
- bed hair
- Hair that stands out straight from the scalp and is therefore difficult to style, because, or as if, it has been set that way by lying on it in bed
- curl somebody's hair
- Alternative form of curl someone's hair
- curl someone's hair
- To frighten, dismay, or excite someone thoroughly
Yanking open the door to the bathroom, I was greeted with a stink foul enough to curl my hair.
- facial hair
- The hair of the face, especially that of beards and moustaches
- fine as frog hair
- Extremely fine
- finer than frog hair
- Extremely fine
Eun-hi was a business girl. One of the finest in Itaewon. Finer than frog hair, to be exact. A GI's dream.
- frog hair
- The closely mown grass that surrounds a putting green, between the putting surface and any rough that might also surround the green. Also known as fringe, apron or collar
- get in someone's hair
- To hinder someone or interfere with their actions
- get in someone's hair
- To annoy someone
- hair
- A pigmented keratinaceous growth that forms thin spires and grows out from a follicle on the human head
And draweth new delights with hoary hairs. - Edmund Spenser.
- hair
- Haircloth; a hair shirt
I requyre you take thys hayre that was thys holy mannes and put hit nexte thy skynne, and hit shall prevayle the gretly.
- hair
- The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body
She said she couldn't go out with me Friday - she had to wash her hair.
- hair
- A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth
- hair
- Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth
Just a little louder please - turn that knob a hair to the right.
- hair
- A cellular outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated. Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (Nuphar)
- hair bundle
- a group of cellular processes resembling hair, characteristic of hair cells
To test this model, we measured the stiffness of hair bundles during mechanical stimulation.
- hair bundles
- plural form of hair bundle
- hair conditioner
- Any of many cosmetic products that aim to improve the condition of the hair, especially after washing
- hair conditioners
- plural form of hair conditioner
- hair dryer
- An electric device for drying hair; a blow-dryer
- hair dryers
- plural form of hair dryer
- hair dye
- Any of various materials used to dye hair on the head
- hair extension
- A length of hair which is attached to one's normal hair to make it longer
- hair gel
- A hairstyling product in gel form that hardens the hair, so it stays in a certain hairstyle
- hair moss
- fat choy
- hair of the dog
- An alcoholic drink taken the morning after to cure a hangover or withdrawal symptoms
- hair shirts
- plural form of hair shirt
- hair space
- The narrowest space appearing between letters and punctuation
- hair space
- A piece of metal type used to create the narrowest space
- hair spray
- A usually scented hairstyling product in aerosol form that stiffens the hair, so it stays in a certain hairstyle
- hair stroke
- a soothing gesture
- hair stroke
- a line as fine as a hair
- hair stroke
- a fine line drawn out at the top or bottom of a letter
- hair styling
- The occupation of cutting and arrangement of hair to create an attractive presentation
- hair tie
- A circular bit of elastic used to hold hair in place
- hair ties
- plural form of hair tie
- hair-brush
- A brush used in hair care for brushing, tidying, and detangling hair
- hair-curling
- Exciting, astonishing, frightening, or horrifying
If the walls . . . could talk, they would reveal some hair-curling secrets.
- hair-dryer
- Alternative spelling of hair dryer; alternative spelling of hairdryer
- hair-gel
- Attributive form of hair gel
hair-gel do.
- hair-raising
- Causing fear; scary
- hair-splitting
- the act of finding exceedingly small differences which are probably neither important nor noticeable to most people
Dick's Tribune poked endless fun at the hair-splitting sectarianism of the various Trotskyist groups jostling on the fringes of the Labour party at that time.
- hair-splittingly
- With exceedingly small differences which are probably neither important nor noticeable to most people
Nobody expected the vote to be so hair-splittingly close.
- hair-spray
- Attributive form of hair spray
hair-spray teen.
- hair-tidy
- a dish used by woman in the past to store the hair that fell while combing, and use it later for a bun, etc
- hair-trigger
- a trigger that will set off a firearm when even a very small pressure is applied
Is your laugh hung on a hair-trigger?--that is, is it critical, or can you get it off easy?.
- hair-trigger
- easily angered, having a short temper
Gus, the latter began, am I right in assuming that you possess a reasonable amount of influence with that hair-trigger partner of yours, Live Wire Luiz?.
- hair-trigger
- unstable, in a situation that could be worsened by the slightest mistake
- hat hair
- An accidental hairdo resulting from the wearing of a hat
- head of hair
- All the hair that covers the scalp of a person (excludes the beard and moustache)
- heads of hair
- plural form of head of hair
- hide nor hair
- A trace, indication, or evidence, especially of a person
No rational explanation for her lamentable condition is advanced, neither hide nor hair of a leopard is ever spotted, and certainly no scene in which woman literally turns into cat, or vice versa, is ever played.
- keep one's hair on
- To stay calm; to be patient
And he flew at Jaap’s throat.
- let one's hair down
- To relax and enjoy oneself
- lets one's hair down
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of let one's hair down
- letting one's hair down
- Present participle of let one's hair down
- make somebody's hair curl
- Alternative form of curl someone's hair
- make someone's hair curl
- Alternative form of curl someone's hair
- pubic hair
- The hair that grows in the pubic region from puberty
- pubic hair
- A single hair growing in the pubic region
- put hair on somebody's chest
- To make a person (especially a male) stronger or more masculine
When Lonnie Bushey was 6 he started drinking with his father who told him it would put hair on his chest and make him a man.
- put hair on someone's chest
- Alternative form of put hair on somebody's chest
- red cunt hair
- An extremely small measurement
- red hair
- Hair of a ginger/auburn colour
- red pussy hair
- Alternative form of red cunt hair
- tear one's hair out
- To react with extreme agitation
My friend's job at a call center is so stressful he could tear his hair out.
- to a hair
- to a nicety; to a high degree of precision; with the utmost exactness
- turn a hair
- To become afraid or visibly upset
- fair hair
- blond or light hair
- hair trigger
- a gun trigger that responds with little pressure
- hair trigger
- {s} easily activated; reacting right away
- hair trigger
- A gun trigger adjusted to respond to a very slight pressure. a trigger on a gun that needs very little pressure to fire the gun
- hair trigger
- {i} trigger of a gun that responds with sligh pressure; quick response
- hair-trigger
- responsive to the slightest stimulation or provocation; "he has a hair-trigger temper
- hair-trigger
- If you describe something as hair-trigger, you mean that it is likely to change very violently and suddenly. His boozing, arrogance, and hair-trigger temper have often led him into ugly nightclub brawls A hair-trigger situation has been created which could lead to an outbreak of war at any time. easily made angry
- hair
- {n} one of the coverings of the body, a course
- bad hair day
- a day when one is unable to arrange one's hair into a satisfactory and pleasing style
- hair pie
- (Argo) Cunnilingus. [Orig. U.S.]
- let your hair down
- Meaning: Behave in a free or uninhibited manner. Origin: From the days when women normally wore their hair pinned up