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fur-flying en · ADJ

Etymology

Since a particularly vicious fight between cats or other animals sends fur flying.

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, informal) Vicious.
    • 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.