Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

having someone by the short hairs

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.75 in modern English

Syllables
hav-ing -some-one by the short- hairs
IPA
51
Scrabble Score
28
Letters
5
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of have someone by the short hairs

Questions

What does having someone by the short hairs mean?
present participle and gerund of have someone by the short hairs

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