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    shaggy
    /ˈʃaɡi/

    adjective

    • 1. (of hair or fur) long, thick, and unkempt: "the mountain goat has a long, shaggy coat"

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  2. SHAGGY definition: 1. having or covered with long, rough, and untidy hair, or (of hair) long, rough, and untidy: 2…. Learn more.

  3. The meaning of SHAGGY is covered with or consisting of long, coarse, or matted hair. How to use shaggy in a sentence.

  4. Shaggy definition: covered with or having long, rough hair.. See examples of SHAGGY used in a sentence.

  5. having or covered with long, rough, and messy hair, or (of hair) long, rough, and messy: a shaggy dog / pony. the shaggy coat of a sheep. a shaggy rug. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Hair. afro-textured. anti-dandruff. as bald as a cue ball phrase. bald spot. baldness. flyaway. fuzzy. kink. mustache. receding hairline. short-haired.

  6. A willingness to accept untidiness: shaggy hedges, hairy field margins, trees, fallen branches, unkept bits, tangly bits, squashy bits.

  7. 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.

  8. Shaggy things are messy, thick, and rough. Your long-haired mixed breed dog might be shaggy, while your sister's sleek Siamese cat isn't shaggy at all. Shaggy almost always describes an animal's fur or a person's unruly hair.

  9. Definition of shaggy adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  10. Having a rough nap or surface. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. More Adjective Definitions (1) Synonyms: shaggy-coated. shaggy-haired. bushy. ruffled. woolly. whiskered. straggly. scrubby.

  11. covered with or having long, rough hair. untidy; unkempt: a shaggy person. rough and matted; forming a bushy mass, as the hair or mane. having a rough nap, as cloth. characterized by sloppy planning or execution: a shaggy production ofMacbeth. shag1 + - y1 1580–90. shag′gi•ly, adv. shag′gi•ness, n.