hairy
/ˈheəri/ adjectiveDefinition
WITH HAIR › covered in hair: a hairy chest hairy legs
FRIGHTENING informal › frightening or dangerous: There were some rather hairy moments during the race.
hairiness noun [U] (Definition of hairy adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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