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• n  a compact mass of hair that forms in the alimentary canal (especially in the stomach of animals as a result of licking fur)

• You can add a little pat of butter on top, so that the hairball goes out the other end instead of coming up regurgitated.
• It's not often that a hairball makes headlines.
• Hairballs were flying the last week of July at the Meow Mix Gold Medal Games, where 6,000 (human) cat lovers competed in such events as the hairball toss and litter-box cleanup.

• hair ball
• trichobezoar

News & Articles

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• Hairball kicks off Waterfest 2013 (video, photos)
  Hairball, a 1980s rock tribute band, headlined the kick off of Waterfest in Oshkosh. See the video that poses the question of the hour, "What's your favorite 1980s hair band?"
  June 23, 2013 - The Oshkosh Northwestern
• EDITORIAL: Rock stars at any age
  As I walked across the grass of Community Park — my 4-year-old’s little hand wrapped in mine — I wondered if I was making a mistake. We were on our way to the rock concert featuring HAIRBALL during la
  June 20, 2013 - The Savage Pacer

Quotes

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• Jack Roush in USA Today
  I was just hoping they didn't get tangled up in a hairball coming off Turn 4 on that last lap,said Roush, watching his drivers battle for points.
• Kevin Harvick in USA Today
  From my standpoint, it's pretty hairball,Harvick said. "Anything more exciting, we'll have to go to the X Games."
• Antonio Banderas in Boston Globe (registration)
  This cat screams a lot,Banderas said. "I was with that hairball [that Puss coughs up on-screen] for half an hour."