hairy
adj. covered with hair; resembling hair; nerve-wracking, scary, frightening, dangerous (Slang) | ||||
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Hairy Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
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hairy
1. Annoyingly complicated. "DWIM is incredibly hairy."
2. Incomprehensible. "DWIM is incredibly hairy."
3. Of people, high-powered, authoritative, rare, expert, and/or incomprehensible. Hard to explain except in context: "He knows this hairy lawyer who says there's nothing to worry about." See also hirsute.
The adjective "long-haired" is well-attested to have been in slang use among scientists and engineers during the early 1950s; it was equivalent to modern "hairy" and was very likely ancestral to the hackish use. In fact the noun "long-hair" was at the time used to describe a hairy person. Both senses probably passed out of use when long hair was adopted as a signature trait by the 1960s counterculture, leaving hackish "hairy" as a sort of stunted mutant relic.
4. <topology> hairy ball.
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1. Annoyingly complicated. "DWIM is incredibly hairy."
2. Incomprehensible. "DWIM is incredibly hairy."
3. Of people, high-powered, authoritative, rare, expert, and/or incomprehensible. Hard to explain except in context: "He knows this hairy lawyer who says there's nothing to worry about." See also hirsute.
The adjective "long-haired" is well-attested to have been in slang use among scientists and engineers during the early 1950s; it was equivalent to modern "hairy" and was very likely ancestral to the hackish use. In fact the noun "long-hair" was at the time used to describe a hairy person. Both senses probably passed out of use when long hair was adopted as a signature trait by the 1960s counterculture, leaving hackish "hairy" as a sort of stunted mutant relic.
4. <topology> hairy ball.
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hairy
adj. 1. Annoyingly complicated. "DWIM is incredibly hairy." 2. Incomprehensible. "DWIM is incredibly hairy." 3. Of people, high-powered, authoritative, rare, expert, and/or incomprehensible. Hard to explain except in context: "He knows this hairy lawyer who says there's nothing to worry about." See also hirsute.
adj. 1. Annoyingly complicated. "DWIM is incredibly hairy." 2. Incomprehensible. "DWIM is incredibly hairy." 3. Of people, high-powered, authoritative, rare, expert, and/or incomprehensible. Hard to explain except in context: "He knows this hairy lawyer who says there's nothing to worry about." See also hirsute.
A well-known result in topology called the Brouwer Fixed-Point Theorem states that any continuous transformation of a 2-sphere into itself has at least one fixed point. Mathematically literate hackers tend to associate the term `hairy' with the informal version of this theorem; "You can't comb a hairy ball smooth."
The adjective `long-haired' is well-attested to have been in slang use among scientists and engineers during the early 1950s; it was equivalent to modern `hairy' senses 1 and 2, and was very likely ancestral to the hackish use. In fact the noun `long-hair' was at the time used to describe a person satisfying sense 3. Both senses probably passed out of use when long hair was adopted as a signature trait by the 1960s counterculture, leaving hackish `hairy' as a sort of stunted mutant relic.
Hairy Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Hairy
(a.)
Bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; hirsute.
(a.)
Bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; hirsute.
| WordNet 2.0 |
hairy
Adjective
1. having or covered with hair; "Jacob was a hairy man"; "a hairy caterpillar"
(synonym) hirsute
(antonym) hairless
(similar) comate, comose, comal
2. hazardous and frightening; "hairy moments in the mountains"
(similar) alarming
Adjective
1. having or covered with hair; "Jacob was a hairy man"; "a hairy caterpillar"
(synonym) hirsute
(antonym) hairless
(similar) comate, comose, comal
2. hazardous and frightening; "hairy moments in the mountains"
(similar) alarming
| Australian Slang |
Hairy
frightening: “hairy drive”
frightening: “hairy drive”
Hairy Mary
hairy male homosexual
Hairy chequebook
vagina as used by a woman to pay for something with sexual intercourse: “had to pull out the hairy chequebook”
Hairy eyeball
disdainful look: “He gave her the greasy eyeball”
Rack off, hairy-legs!
exclamation of dismissal, contempt, etc.; piss off!
Run like a hairy goat
not the best race (horse race); to run very slowly or to run very fast
| hEnglish - advanced version |
hairy
hairy
\hair"y\ (?), a. bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; hirsute. his mantle hairy, and his bonnet sedge.
hairy
adj
1. having or covered with hair; "jacob was a hairy man"; "a hairy caterpillar" [syn: hirsute]
[ant: hairless]
2. hazardous and frightening; "hairy moments in the mountains"
similar words(4)
hairy tare
hairy finger grass
hairy vetch
hairy lip fern
hairy
\hair"y\ (?), a. bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; hirsute. his mantle hairy, and his bonnet sedge.
hairy
adj
1. having or covered with hair; "jacob was a hairy man"; "a hairy caterpillar" [syn: hirsute]
[ant: hairless]
2. hazardous and frightening; "hairy moments in the mountains"
similar words(4)
hairy tare
hairy finger grass
hairy vetch
hairy lip fern
| Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1 |
hairy
gruagach
gruagach
| JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary |
Blewog
Blewog = a. shaggy, hairy
Blewog = a. shaggy, hairy
Blewogi
Blewogi = v. to grow hairy
Hairy Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| English-Latin Online Dictionary |
hairy
pilosus
pilosus
Hairy Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary |
Seir
Seirath, hairy; goat; demon; tempest
Seirath, hairy; goat; demon; tempest
Hairy Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Hair
For the 1968 stage production, see , for the 1979 film, see .
Hair is a filamentous outgrowth of protein, found only on mammals. It projects from the epidermis, though it grows from hair follicles deep in the dermis. Although many other organisms, especially insects, show filamentous outgrowths, these are not considered "hair". So-called "hairs" (trichomes) are also found on plants. The projections on arthropods, such as insects and spiders are actually insect bristles. The hair of non-human mammal species is commonly referred to as fur. There are varieties of cats, dogs, and mice bred to have little or no visible fur. In some species, hair is absent at certain stages of life.
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Hair (musical)
Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical, is a rock musical with a book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni, and music by Galt MacDermot. The musical was a product of the hippy counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, and several of its songs became anthems of the anti-Vietnam War peace movement. At the time, the musical's depiction of the use of illegal drugs, sexuality, profanity, its irreverence for the American flag, and its nude scene caused much comment and controversy. The musical broke new ground in musical theatre by defining the genre of the "rock musical", utilizing a racially-integrated cast, and by inviting the audience onstage for a "Be-in" finale.
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