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How to pronounce hairball in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms hair ball, trichobezoar
Type of tangle

Examples of hairball

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It is made in a very palatable form similar to the tubes of hairball medicine.
From the toledoblade.com
Likewise, if your cat is hacking without producing a hairball, visit the vet.
From the sacbee.com
Initially, Brenda was pretty sure Tabitha was trying to vomit up a hairball.
From the thenewstribune.com
Hacking up a hairball every now and then is normal and usually doesn't cause problems.
From the sacbee.com
Check with your vet before trying remedies for a cat's hairball problem.
From the post-gazette.com
Hairball control cat food contains vegetable fibers to help this process.
From the sacbee.com
It took a worldwide financial meltdown for Twitter to finally cough up the IM hairball.
From the techcrunch.com
Mr Sarkozy looked at the British reporter as if the man had just coughed up a hairball.
From the economist.com
Richards could cough up a hairball and I'd think it was musical genius.
From the npr.org
More examples
  • A compact mass of hair that forms in the alimentary canal (especially in the stomach of animals as a result of licking fur)
  • A hairball is a small collection of hair or fur formed in the stomach of animals that is occasionally vomited up when it becomes too big. Hairballs are primarily a tight elongated cylinder of packed fur, but may include bits of other elements such as swallowed food. ...
  • 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; A messy, tangled, intractable, stay-away-from-it issue
  • Slang for the Promethean Primates (q.v.).
  • Changes any Waja into a Spitz breed.