shaggy
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shag·gy
(shăg′ē)adj. shag·gi·er, shag·gi·est
1. Having, covered with, or resembling long rough hair or wool.
2. Bushy or matted: shaggy hair.
3. Having a rough nap or surface, as a textile.
4. Poorly groomed; unkempt.
5. Marked by a lack of order or clarity in thinking, planning, or performance.
shag′gi·ly adv.
shag′gi·ness n.
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shaggy
(ˈʃæɡɪ)adj, -gier or -giest
1. having or covered with rough unkempt fur, hair, wool, etc: a shaggy dog.
2. rough or unkempt
3. (Textiles) (in textiles) having a nap of long rough strands
ˈshaggily adv
ˈshagginess n
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shag•gy
(ˈʃæg i)adj. -gi•er, -gi•est.
1. covered with or having long, rough hair.
2. untidy; unkempt.
3. forming a bushy mass, as the hair or mane.
4. having a rough nap, as cloth.
5. done in a sloppy manner.
[1580–90]
shag′gi•ly, adv.
shag′gi•ness, n.
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Adj. | 1. | shaggy - used of hair; thick and poorly groomed; "bushy locks"; "a shaggy beard" ungroomed - not neat and smart in appearance; "he was wrinkled and ungroomed, with a two-day beard"; "ungroomed hair" |
2. | shaggy - having a very rough nap or covered with hanging shags; "junipers with shagged trunks"; "shaggy rugs" |
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shaggy
adjective unkempt, rough, tousled, hairy, long-haired, hirsute, unshorn He has long, shaggy hair. a shaggy dog
cropped, smooth, shorn, short-haired, crew-cut, close-cropped, flat-woven, neatly-trimmed, short-piled
cropped, smooth, shorn, short-haired, crew-cut, close-cropped, flat-woven, neatly-trimmed, short-piled
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Translations
مُتَشَعِّث، كَث
rozcuchanýstřapatý
hoitamatonkarkeatakkuinen
lubbalegur, úfinn
gauruotumasnušiuręspasišiaušęs
pinkainsplušķains
kaba tüylü
shaggy
[ˈʃægɪ] ADJ (shaggier (compar) (shaggiest (superl))) [hair, beard, mane] → greñudo; [fur, eyebrows, animal] → peludo; [carpet, rug] → de mucho pelo; [person] → melenudo, greñudoshaggy dog story → chiste m largo y pesado
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
shaggy
[ˈʃægi] adj [hair, beard, fur] → hirsute; [animal] → au poil hirsuteshaggy dog story n → histoire f sans queue ni têteCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
shaggy
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
shaggy
[ˈʃægɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (mane, hair) → ispido/a, arruffato/a; (dog) → a pelo lungo e arruffatoCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
shaggy
(ˈʃӕgi) adjective (covered with hair, fur etc that is) rough and untidy in appearance. The dog had a shaggy coat; a shaggy dog.
ˈshagginess nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.