Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to or resembling sheep; sheepish.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Resembling sheep; sheepish.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Resembling a sheep, except in sheepish behavior.
  • noun sheep

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

sheep +‎ -y

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Examples

  • Dorinda reminded me of Dolly, that sheep who was cloned, except without the sheepy dreadlocks, which might have been an improvement.

    As Husbands Go Susan Isaacs 2010

  • All I could think of was sheepy Dorinda talking in her flat 800-number voice, saying, “He heard I was a miracle worker.”

    As Husbands Go Susan Isaacs 2010

  • All I could think of was sheepy Dorinda talking in her flat 800-number voice, saying, “He heard I was a miracle worker.”

    As Husbands Go Susan Isaacs 2010

  • It has a pleasant “sheepy” aroma and a nutty flavor with a mildly tangy, almost sour finish.

    Say Cheese: 3 from the Pyrenees 2010

  • Ai gess dey canawt jump da fenses laik a sheepy can .

    u can always mow AROUND. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010

  • Dorinda reminded me of Dolly, that sheep who was cloned, except without the sheepy dreadlocks, which might have been an improvement.

    As Husbands Go Susan Isaacs 2010

  • I heard sheepy people are in the meadow and the cow is in the corn.

    As long as we're talking about hair, had you noticed our Prez's hair is going gray? Ann Althouse 2009

  • I love the smell of this yarn, and how my hands smell after knitting with it – all sheepy.

    A scarf for my husband. « Knit-Write 2006

  • The smell of a barbeque - charcoal barbeque. afterglow wooly, cozy, sheepy shearling slippers fresh, warm laundry - and also the scent of freshly ironed cotton, though that is by no means a necessity, because dryer warm is enough.

    100 Things I Love kittenpie 2006

  • The smell of a barbeque - charcoal barbeque. afterglow wooly, cozy, sheepy shearling slippers fresh, warm laundry - and also the scent of freshly ironed cotton, though that is by no means a necessity, because dryer warm is enough.

    Archive 2006-08-01 kittenpie 2006

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