pubic hair

noun

The hair that grows in the pubic region from puberty.

Meanings

nounpubic hair (countable and uncountable, plural pubic hairs)

plural pubic hairs

  1. collectivecountableuncountableThe hair that grows in the pubic region from puberty.

    The method of the root's use was pure sorcery; the powder being burned over a fire, with some of the operator's pubic hair and characteristic secretions.

    1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 161
    2 more examples

    Negroes (teeth, fingers, toe nails and pubic hair gilded), Japanese boys smooth and white as china, Titian-haired Venetian lads, Americans with blond or black curls falling across the forehead (the guests tenderly shove it back), sulky blond Polacks with animal brown eyes, Arab and Spanish street boys, Austrian boys pink and delicate with a faint shadow of blond pubic hair, sneering German youths with bright blue eyes scream "Heil Hitler!" as the trap falls under them. Sollubis shit and whimper.

    1962 [1959], William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch, New York: Grove Press, page 79

    It’s true. He’s become known there as the “Brazilian Trump”, which is both politically worrisome and also the grossest style to order at a pubic hair salon. “Oh, I’ll take the Brazilian Trump, please! I-It’s where you rip everything off the front area, but you comb some arse hair around to give the illusion of hair.”

    2018, Tim Carvell [et al.], “Brazilian Elections”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 5, episode 25, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO

    Synonyms: nether hair, bush, short and curlies, short hairs, pubes, bush, carpet, floss

  2. countablesingularuncountableA single hair growing in the pubic region.

Synonyms & antonyms

More synonyms by meaning

nounhair growing in the pubic area

Similar
bushcrotch hair
Broader
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic شَعْر اَلْعَانَة
  • شَعْر اَلْعَانَة (šaʕr al-ʕāna)collectively
Bengali বাল
  • বাল (bal)collectively
Catalan pèl púbic
  • pèl púbiccollectively
Chinese Cantonese 陰毛 /阴毛, 陰毛 /阴毛
  • 陰毛 /阴毛 (jam¹ mou⁴)singular
  • 陰毛 /阴毛 (jam¹ mou⁴)collectively
Chinese Mandarin 陰毛 /阴毛, 陰毛 /阴毛
  • 陰毛 /阴毛 (yīnmáo)singular
  • 陰毛 /阴毛 (yīnmáo)collectively
Czech pubické ochlupení
  • pubické ochlupenícollectively
Danish kønshår, kønsbehåring
  • kønshårcollectively
  • kønsbehåringcollectively
Dutch schaamhaar, schaamhaar
  • schaamhaarsingular
  • schaamhaarcollectively
Esperanto pubharo, pubvilo
  • pubharosingular
  • pubvilocollectively
  • pubhararocollectively
Estonian häbemekarvad
  • häbemekarvadcollectively
Finnish häpykarva, häpykarvoitus
  • häpykarvasingular
  • häpykarvoituscollectively
French poil pubien, poils pubiens
  • poil pubiensingular
  • poils pubienscollectively
  • pilosité pubiennecollectively
German Schamhaar, Schambehaarung
  • Schamhaarsingular
  • Schambehaarungcollectively
Greek ηβική τρίχα, ηβική τρίχα
  • ηβική τρίχα (ivikí trícha)singular
  • ηβική τρίχα (ivikí trícha)collectively
Hebrew שְׂעַר הָעֶרְוָוה
  • שְׂעַר הָעֶרְוָוהcollectively
Hindi झाँट
  • झाँट (jhā̃ṭ)collectively
Icelandic skapahár, skapahár
  • skapahársingular
  • skapahárcollectively
  • kynhárcollectively
  • hreðjaskeggcollectively
Indonesian jembut, bulu kemaluan
  • jembutcollectively
  • bulu kemaluancollectively
  • rambut kemaluancollectively
Irish ribe caithre, bruis
  • ribe caithresingular
  • bruiscollectively
  • caithircollectively
  • stothógcollectively
Italian pelo pubico
  • pelo pubicocollectively
Japanese 陰毛, 陰毛
  • 陰毛 (inmō)singular
  • 陰毛 (inmō)collectively
Korean 음모, 거웃
  • 음모 (eummo)collectively
  • 거웃 (geout)collectively
Lithuanian gaktos plaukas, gaktos plaukai
  • gaktos plaukassingular
  • gaktos plaukaicollectively
Malay bulu ari-ari
  • bulu ari-aricollectively
Māori puke huruhuru
  • puke huruhurucollectively
Norwegian bellehår
  • bellehårcollectively
Norwegian Bokmål kjønnshår
  • kjønnshårcollectively
Persian موی زهار
  • موی زهارcollectively
Polish włos łonowy, łoniak
  • włos łonowysingular
  • łoniaksingular
  • owłosienie łonowecollectively
Portuguese pelo púbico, pelo pubiano
  • pelo púbicosingular
  • pelo pubianosingular
  • pentelhosingular
  • pelos púbicoscollectively
  • pelos pubianoscollectively
  • pentelhoscollectively
Romanian floc, floci
  • flocsingular
  • flocicollectively
Russian лобко́вый во́лос, лобко́вые во́лосы
  • лобко́вый во́лос (lobkóvyj vólos)singular
  • лобко́вые во́лосы (lobkóvyje vólosy)collectively
Spanish vello púbico, pelo pubiano
  • vello púbicosingular
  • pelo pubianosingular
  • vello púbicocollectively
  • pelo pubianocollectively
Swahili vuzi, vinyuzi
  • vuzisingular
  • vinyuzicollectively
  • mavuzicollectively
Swedish könshår, pubeshår
  • könshårsingular
  • pubeshårsingular
  • pubishårsingular
  • könshårcollectively
  • pubeshårcollectively
  • pubishårcollectively
Tagalog bulbol, bulbul
  • bulbolcollectively
  • bulbulcollectively
Tamil மறைவிட முடி, மறைவிட முடி
  • மறைவிட முடி (maṟaiviṭa muṭi)singular
  • மறைவிட முடி (maṟaiviṭa muṭi)collectively
Thai หมอย, หมอย
  • หมอย (mɔ̌ɔi)singular
  • หมอย (mɔ̌ɔi)collectively
Turkish kasık kılı, kasık kılı
  • kasık kılısingular
  • kasık kılıcollectively
Vietnamese lông mu
  • lông mucollectively
Welsh cedoren, blew cedor
  • cedorensingular
  • blew cedorcollectively
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Chicago

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