ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Fur-flying

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Fur-flying is an adjective meaning (informal, idiomatic) Vicious.

Meaning

(informal, idiomatic) Vicious.

Example Sentences

2006: 'Anticlimactic as it may have been, the news last week that Meredith Vieira would replace Katie Couric on the “Today” show marked the dénouement of a fur-flying, nail-biting, years-long game of musical chairs among television’s leading ladies.' — The New Yorker, 17 April 2006, page 27.

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