A surname.
hairs
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for hairs.
Editorial note
This isn't splitting hairs in because the parent is taking about forms of PC that do not directly relate to gender and blaming feminism for them.
Quick take
A surname.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of hairs gathered in one view.
(countable) A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.
(countable) Any slender, flexible outgrowth, filament, or fiber growing or projecting from the surface of an object or organism.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for hairs.
noun
A surname.
noun
(countable) A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.
noun
(countable) Any slender, flexible outgrowth, filament, or fiber growing or projecting from the surface of an object or organism.
noun
(countable) Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.
Example sentences
This isn't splitting hairs in because the parent is taking about forms of PC that do not directly relate to gender and blaming feminism for them.
MS did not outright ban their competitor's software because they were always in the cross hairs of the justice department for antitrust.
Perhaps this is splitting hairs, but I see a round of layoffs as something considerably different than being fired.
That's splitting hairs a bit; Scala doesn't exactly have mass appeal either.
Not to split hairs, but they're technically owned by the hotel.
He's not splitting hairs, he's probably just from 'somewhere else'.
A lot of this will come down to splitting hairs.
They were just told about 8 to 10 cases when similar hairs were from different people, and nevertheless sentenced the guy without any other reliable evidence.
Because it's starting to sound like splitting hairs to me.
That's the point and splitting hairs doesn't change it.
Splitting hairs doesn't make them any easier to find.
I'd argue that it's still a bit dismissive to state that the whole thing ended up a dogmatic religion, but perhaps that's splitting hairs at this point.
Quote examples
We can split hairs about what is meant by "abrupt resignation", but the community has been unhappy for quite some time.
You're splitting hairs here, common usage of "texting" includes sending pictures, video, and audio.
You'll see lots of whinging (mostly from Fortune, but also a few others) that this isn't a "real" surplus, but they're splitting hairs.
Reddit may well have worried that _not_ firing Victoria could have put them in a "Reddit is racist" cross-hairs that could quickly have spun out of control.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use hairs in a sentence?
This isn't splitting hairs in because the parent is taking about forms of PC that do not directly relate to gender and blaming feminism for them.
What does hairs mean?
A surname.
What part of speech is hairs?
hairs is commonly used as noun.