hairball

English

Etymology

hair +‎ ball

Noun

hairball (plural hairballs)

A small wad of fur or mass of hair formed in the digestive system of a cat or other animal, from hair ingested while grooming.
(slang, figuratively) A messy, tangled, intractable, stay-away-from-it issue.
The contract negotiations are turning into a real hairball.

Synonyms

bezoar

Translations

wad of fur

Catalan: bola de pèl f
Dutch: haarbal (nl) m
Finnish: karvakerä
French: aegagropile (fr) m
German: Fellknäuel n
Hungarian: köpet (hu)

Italian: borra f
Japanese: 毛玉
Norwegian: hårball
Polish: zakłaczenie f, kłak m
Portuguese: pricobezoar m, bola de pelo f
Spanish: bezoar m

intractable issue

Spanish: peludo (es) m, tema peludo m

Anagrams

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