poil

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• 1 (on body, animal) hair à poil (pop) = stark naked caresser dans le sens du poil = to stroke [sth] the way the fur lies; = to butter [sb] up (colloq) ça marche au poil (fam) = it works like a dream Definition of hair in the British & World English dictionary Definition of hair in the US English dictionary Translate hair | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

• 2 (fam) (of irony) touch; (of commonsense) shred à un poil près = by a whisker Definition of touch in the British & World English dictionary Definition of touch in the US English dictionary Translate touch | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

• 3 (of cloth) nap; (of brush) bristle Definition of nap in the British & World English dictionary Definition of nap in the US English dictionary Translate nap | into German | into Italian | into Spanish