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not turn a hair

not turn a hair
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [not turn ey hair]
    • /nɒt tɜrn eɪ hɛər/
    • /nɒt tɜːn ə heə(r)/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [not turn ey hair]
    • /nɒt tɜrn eɪ hɛər/

Definitions of not turn a hair words

  • noun not turn a hair any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus. 1
  • noun not turn a hair an aggregate of such filaments, as that covering the human head or forming the coat of most mammals. 1
  • noun not turn a hair a similar fine, filamentous outgrowth from the body of insects, spiders, etc. 1
  • noun not turn a hair Botany. a filamentous outgrowth of the epidermis. 1
  • noun not turn a hair cloth made of hair from animals, as camel and alpaca. 1
  • noun not turn a hair a very small amount, degree, measure, magnitude, etc.; a fraction, as of time or space: He lost the race by a hair. 1
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Origin of not turn a hair

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English heer, Old English hǣr (cognate with Dutch, German haar, Old Norse hār), with vowel perhaps from Middle English haire hair shirt < Old French < Old High German hāria (cognate with Middle English here, Old English hǣre, Old Norse hǣra)

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Parts of speech for Not turn a hair

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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not turn a hair popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for not turn a hair

adj not turn a hair

  • at ease — If you are at ease, you are feeling confident and relaxed, and are able to talk to people without feeling nervous or anxious. If you put someone at their ease, you make them feel at ease.
  • composed — If someone is composed, they are calm and able to control their feelings.
  • disimpassioned — calm; dispassionate.
  • have one's act together — anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance: a heroic act.

adjective not turn a hair

  • calmed — Simple past tense and past participle of calm.
  • quieted — Simple past tense and past participle of quiet.
All 6 Synonyms of not turn a hair

Antonyms for not turn a hair

adjective not turn a hair

  • aroused — in a state of sexual arousal
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