shaggy
Use Shaggy in a sentence
i adjective, shag·gi·er, shag·gi·est.
1.
covered with or having long, rough hair.
2.
untidy; unkempt: a shaggy person.
3.
rough and matted; forming a bushy mass, as the hair or mane.
4.
having a rough nap, as cloth.
5.
characterized by sloppy planning or execution: a shaggy production of Macbeth.
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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| —adj , -gier, -giest | |
| 1. | having or covered with rough unkempt fur, hair, wool, etc: a shaggy dog |
| 2. | rough or unkempt |
| 3. | (in textiles) having a nap of long rough strands |
| 'shaggily | |
| —adv | |
| 'shagginess | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
The shaggy-barked older stems and branches of the shrubs are often hollow.
If not exactly a deliberate swindle, it is an endlessly repeated put-on, a shaggy-dog story without a punch line.
Then you see a stipple of gray: a herd of sheep, watched by a shepherd on a shaggy-maned horse.
One is a thick, shaggy coat that protects them in winter and falls away as seasons change and temperatures rise.
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