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shag·gy

(shăg′ē)

adj. shag·gi·er, shag·gi·est

1. Having, covered with, or resembling long rough hair or wool.

2. Bushy or matted: shaggy hair.

3. Having a rough nap or surface, as a textile.

4. Poorly groomed; unkempt.

5. Marked by a lack of order or clarity in thinking, planning, or performance.

shag′gi·ly adv.

shag′gi·ness n.

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shaggy

(ˈʃæɡɪ)

adj, -gier or -giest

1. having or covered with rough unkempt fur, hair, wool, etc: a shaggy dog.

2. rough or unkempt

3. (Textiles) (in textiles) having a nap of long rough strands

ˈshaggily adv

ˈshagginess n

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shag•gy

(ˈʃæg i)

adj. -gi•er, -gi•est.

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.

[1580–90]

shag′gi•ly, adv.

shag′gi•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	shaggy - used of hair; thick and poorly groomed; "bushy locks"; "a shaggy beard" bushy, shaggy-coated, shaggy-haired ungroomed - not neat and smart in appearance; "he was wrinkled and ungroomed, with a two-day beard"; "ungroomed hair"
	2.	shaggy - having a very rough nap or covered with hanging shags; "junipers with shagged trunks"; "shaggy rugs" shagged rough, unsmooth - having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face"

shaggy

adjective unkempt, rough, tousled, hairy, long-haired, hirsute, unshorn He has long, shaggy hair. a shaggy dog
cropped, smooth, shorn, short-haired, crew-cut, close-cropped, flat-woven, neatly-trimmed, short-piled

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Translations

مُتَشَعِّث، كَث

rozcuchanýstřapatý

zottelig

hoitamatonkarkeatakkuinen

hirsute poilu velu

lubbalegur, úfinn

peloso

gauruotumasnušiuręspasišiaušęs

pinkainsplušķains

bustet tjafset

kaba tüylü

毛发粗浓杂乱的蓬松的

shaggy

[ˈʃægɪ] ADJ (shaggier (compar) (shaggiest (superl))) [hair, beard, mane] → greñudo; [fur, eyebrows, animal] → peludo; [carpet, rug] → de mucho pelo; [person] → melenudo, greñudo
shaggy dog story → chiste m largo y pesado

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

shaggy

[ˈʃægi] adj [hair, beard, fur] → hirsute; [animal] → au poil hirsuteshaggy dog story n → histoire f sans queue ni tête

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

shaggy

adj (+er) (= long-haired) → zottig; (= unkempt) → zottelig; shaggy carpet → zotteliger Teppich

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

shaggy

[ˈʃægɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (mane, hair) → ispido/a, arruffato/a; (dog) → a pelo lungo e arruffato

shaggy

(ˈʃӕgi) adjective

(covered with hair, fur etc that is) rough and untidy in appearance. The dog had a shaggy coat; a shaggy dog.

ˈshagginess noun

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