hair pull
Grasping someone's locks
Hair pull is the act of grabbing and tugging someone's hair, typically as an aggressive move in fights or as a deliberate technique in wrestling and martial arts.
In sexual contexts, hair pulling is a common form of rough play: She likes a good hair pull during sex.
The term also describes the frustrated urge to yank one's own hair: This project is a total hair pull.
- tugShort forceful pull
- yankQuick, forceful pull
- scalpSkin covering skull
- gripSecure manual hold
- death gripExtremely tight, unrelenting grasp
tight grip · fistful · roots · painful · sharp pain · strands · grab · rip · tangle · snatch · tension · follicle · wince · drag · clutch · ponytail · braid · cat fight
- foulslow blow, headbutt, eye gouge, biting, rabbit punch
- slapstickpratfall, banana peel, pie throw, falling down, custard pie
- seizinggrab, seize, grasp, clutch, snatch
- Three StoogesLarry, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, stooge, eye poke
- sudden actionsjolt, punch, slap, kick, slam