Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having, covered with, or resembling long rough hair or wool.
- adjective Bushy or matted.
- adjective Having a rough nap or surface, as a textile.
- adjective Poorly groomed; unkempt.
- adjective Marked by a lack of order or clarity in thinking, planning, or performance.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Rough, coarse, or unkempt; thick, rough, and irregular.
- Rough; covered with long coarse or bushy hair, or with something resembling it.
- In botany, pubescent or downy with long and soft hairs; villous.
- In embryology, villous: noting specifically that part of the chorion which develops long villous processes, and thus enters into the formation of the placenta, the rest of the chorion remaining smooth.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Rough with long hair or wool.
- adjective Rough; rugged; jaggy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Rough with long or thickhair ,fur orwool ;unshaven ,ungroomed , orunbrushed . - adjective Rough;
rugged ;jaggy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having a very rough nap or covered with hanging shags
- adjective used of hair; thick and poorly groomed
Etymologies
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Examples
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Colangelo looked at Johnson's thin shaggy hair that nearly reached his shoulders, and said: Randy, if you want to have tattoos from your head to the bottom of your feet, and wear a nose ring on the mound while you pitch, we'll pass.
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If we call the shaggy one, _Hicoria ovata_, shagbark, and call the big western one shellbark, it seems to me
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It was really more like a trim, though, a grooming of his usual style, which Isobel often referred to as shaggy à la hobo.
Nevermore Kelly Creagh 2010
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It was really more like a trim, though, a grooming of his usual style, which Isobel often referred to as shaggy à la hobo.
Nevermore Kelly Creagh 2010
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It was really more like a trim, though, a grooming of his usual style, which Isobel often referred to as shaggy à la hobo.
Nevermore Kelly Creagh 2010
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His new book, The Lost Ark of the Covenant: Solving the 2,500 Year Mystery of the Fabled Biblical Ark HarperOne along with a History Channel special scheduled for March 2 would appear to risk a fine academic reputation on what might be called a shaggy Ark story.
Archive 2008-02-01 Jan 2008
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It certainly is what my mother used to call a shaggy-dog story, digressive to a sometimes irritating degree.
Mr. Nouveau Riche 2007
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The plant is called shaggy-mane because of the very shaggy appearance of the cap, due to the surface being torn up into long locks.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886
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For Craig (Keir Gilchrist), the depressed, anxious and momentarily suicidal Park Slope teenager at the center of the forthcoming film "It's Kind of a Funny Story," self-commitment to a psychiatric ward marks the first step toward a kind of shaggy-dog enlightenment.
A 'Funny' Thing Happened in Brooklyn Bruce Bennett 2010
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Then, pour ice water in tablespoon increments until dough looks "shaggy" and feels slightly wet.
Dana Joy Altman: Real Food Rehab: Pear & Ginger Hand Pies for Thanksgiving 2009
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