hairpulling
English
Etymology
hair + pulling
Noun
hairpulling (uncountable)
- The pulling of one's own or another's hair.
- 2006, Nancy C. Andreasen, Donald W. Black, Introductory textbook of psychiatry
- Shirley, a 42-year-old married homemaker, presented for evaluation of compulsive hairpulling.
- 2006, Nancy C. Andreasen, Donald W. Black, Introductory textbook of psychiatry