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hairy

 adjective
     
Related topics: Human
hair‧y comparative hairier, superlative hairiest
1HBH a hairy person or animal has a lot of hair on their body:
a skinny guy with hairy legs
a hairy caterpillar
2 informal dangerous or frightening, often in a way that is exciting:
It was pretty hairy climbing down the cliff.
a few hairy moments
—hairiness noun [uncountable]
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