Used in a Sentence

shaggy

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for shaggy.

Editorial note

In the end they producers basically lied, and it ended up being a big shaggy dog story.

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Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Having long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur or wool.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of shaggy gathered in one view.

adjective

Having long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur or wool.

adjective

Having a surface like shaggy hair; with a rough nap.

adjective

(figuratively) Confused, muddled.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for shaggy.

Example sentences

1

In the end they producers basically lied, and it ended up being a big shaggy dog story.

2

There is plenty of research to show that this isn’t just another shaggy dog tale.

3

Who puts a shaggy carpet like that next to a shower?

4

Even Steve Jobs had to stop being a shaggy hippie.

5

This may have been a shaggy dog story though.

6

Dear God, it's shaggy, full of barely-documented hacks.

7

There's no shaggy-dog story of how we broke into the big leagues.

8

I managed to dodge it because the system in my home country is shaggy enough that, as long as you're blunt and cunning enough, you can get away with anything.

9

Due to the closed nature of most of the mobile platforms, web applications are really the only (if inferior, shaggy and poorly-performing) way to write (mostly) portable applications instead of as many applications as platforms.

10

It was like listening to a friend who'd had a few beers try to explain an idea that he seems to feel strongly about but hadn't actually tried to cohere in his own mind; A pop-psy shaggy dog story.

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There's an incredible amount of shaggy hackiness in many 3G devices, both mobile and operator infrastructure (and don't even get me started on LTE), to the extent that I sometimes simply can't believe it works.

12

However, I've worn suits and ties to things like new year's eve parties and art gallery openings and I felt like it helped me pick up women, if only because I looked different than the hordes of shaggy guys with their ill-fitting hipster gear.

Quote examples

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You wouldn't use Python in a lot of the places you'd use C because the performance would be "shaggy puppy meets Godzilla" lousy.

2

Six lines, cleverly rhymed, and every word beginning with the letter S!!" the response was instant: Seduced, shaggy Samson snored.

3

There were geographical prejudices (you come from a Slavic country) and "civilized" prejudices (you silly barbarians with your shaggy hair), but skin color was rarely, if ever, a factor.

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> He named it Shaggy after a character in "Scooby Doo." He sings it songs and writes it poems and gives it Valentine's Day cards.

Proper noun examples

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Shaggy beard, long hair, and tattoos are part of what's going to be at the job.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use shaggy in a sentence?

In the end they producers basically lied, and it ended up being a big shaggy dog story.

What does shaggy mean?

Having long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur or wool.

What part of speech is shaggy?

shaggy is commonly used as adjective.