shaggy (redirected from shaggy-dog stories)

shag·gy  (shg)

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.

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shaggi·ly adv.

shaggi·ness n.

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shaggy [ˈʃægɪ]

adj -gier, -giest

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

2. rough or unkempt

3. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) having a nap of long rough strands

shaggily  adv

shagginess  n

Thesaurus

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"

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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

Translations

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

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

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shaggy

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

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

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shaggy

adj shaggy [ˈʃӕgi]

(covered with hair, fur etc that is) rough and untidy in appearance The dog had a shaggy coat; a shaggy dog. onnet مُتَشَعِّث، كَث рошав rozcuchaný, střapatý pjusket zottelig δασύτριχος, που έχει πυκνό, σκληρό και απεριποίητο τρίχωμα peludo pulstunud پشمالو؛ژوليده takkuinen hirsute בַּעַל שֵיעָר גַס झबरा kudrav, čupav bozontos dan kasar lubbalegur, úfinn ispido, irsuto; (dal pelo lungo) 毛むくじゃらの 텁수룩한 nušiuręs, pasišiaušęs, gauruotas pinkains; plušķains kasar dan berjumbai-jumbai ruig tjafset, bustet kosmaty felpudo lăţos косматый, лохматый chlpatý, huňatý skuštran kudrav raggig, lurvig เป็นกระเซิง kaba tüylü 一頭亂髮的，毛茸茸的 кудлатий; волохатий جھبرا bờm xờm 邋遢的；（毛发等）毛发粗浓杂乱的, 蓬松的

n shagginess

onnetheid تَشَعُّث الشَّعْر рошавост chundelatost pjuskethed die Zotteligkeit η ιδιότητα του να έχει κπ. πυκνό και σκληρό τρίχωμα aspecto peludo pulstunud välimus ژوليدگي takkuisuus aspect hirsute שְׂעִירוּת झबरापन, खुरदरापन čupavost, dlakavost bozontosság keadaan berbulu lubbalegt útlit pelosità, ispidezza 毛むくじゃら 털투성이 gauruotumas pinkainums; plušķainība sifat yang kasar dan berjumbai-jumbai ruigheid det som er bustet/tjafset kosmatość aspecto guedelhudo aspect hirsut косматость, лохматость chlpatosť, huňatosť skuštranost kudravost raggighet, lurvighet ความยุ่งเหยิง kaba tüylü/saçlı olma 邋遢(樣),毛茸茸 кудлатість کنجان پن، الجھاؤ sự bờm xờm 邋遢（样）,毛茸茸