shaggy
Syllables: shag·gy/ˈʃæɡi/
shaggy adjective: having long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur or wool.
Adjective
shaggy (comparative shaggier, superlative shaggiest)
- Having long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur or wool.
- a shaggy dog
- They waited until Dorothy awoke the next morning. The little girl was quite frightened when she saw the great pile of shaggy wolves, but the Tin Woodman told her all. She thanked him for saving them and sat down to breakfast, after which they started again upon their journey.1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC
- Having a surface like shaggy hair; with a rough nap.
- Confused, muddled.
- Universal and Blumhouse’s M3gan is exactly the right amount of ridiculous, which is why it can afford to be a little shaggy toward the end.2023 January 6, Charles Pulliam-Moore, “M3gan is a midrange delight about the horrors of 21st-century parenting”, in The Verge, archived from the original on 15 Sep 2023
shaggy meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
shaggy in Tamil
- பம்பையான, பறட்டையான, மயிரடர்ந்த, முரட்டு முடியுள்ள, நிலவகையில் புதரடர்ந்த, காடுகள் வளர்ந்த
shaggy in Marathi
- शॅगी
shaggy in Urdu
- شگگی
shaggy in Bengali
- উস্কোখুস্কো, দীর্ঘলোমশ, ঝোপালো
More languagesFewer languages
- shaggy in Telugu
- శాగ్గి, షాగ్గి
- shaggy in Malayalam
- പരുക്കനായ, രോമാവൃതമായ, രോമമയമായ, ഇടതൂർന്ന
- shaggy in Kannada
- ಒರಟು ಕೂದಲಿನ, ಪೊದೆ ನವಿರಿನ
- shaggy in Punjabi
- ਸ਼ੈਗੀ
- shaggy in Gujarati
- શૅગી
- shaggy in Odia
- ଶାଗ୍ଗି
- shaggy in Arabic
- أَشْعَث ʔašʕaṯ
Examples of shaggy in a sentence
- A typical shaggy God story might feature a pair of astronauts landing on a lush and virgin world; the story ends with their names being revealed as Adam and Eve.
- Shaggy asked him, ' 'Ow dew yew a reckon on your turnips, Fred?'
- SHAGGY TUFT - All-cotton loop pile on heavy canvas makes this a luxurious rug for your bedroom.
Forms of shaggy
| comparative | shaggier |
|---|---|
| superlative | shaggiest |
Origin of shaggy
From shag + -y.
Words formed from shaggy
Phrases with shaggy
Words that rhyme with shaggy
Questions about shaggy
- What does shaggy mean?
- Shaggy means having long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur or wool.
- What is shaggy in Tamil?
- Shaggy in Tamil is பம்பையான, பறட்டையான, மயிரடர்ந்த. See Shaggy meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is shaggy?
- Shaggy is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce shaggy?
- Shaggy is pronounced /ˈʃæɡi/.
Words near shaggy in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: shaggy (page history and authors); shaggy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); shaggy (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shaggy (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shaggy (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); shaggy (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shaggy (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); shaggy (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); shaggy (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shaggy (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shaggy (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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