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# shaggy

«shaggy» in Mova's school dictionary: **having long, thick, untidy hair or fur** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (shaggy, shaggier, shaggiest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Shaggy means having long, thick, untidy hair or fur. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaggy/#m1)

2) Shaggy can describe a carpet, rug or plant with long, rough threads or leaves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaggy/#m2)

3) "A shaggy dog story" is a long joke or story with a silly or pointless ending. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaggy/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, a shaggy dog, pony or monster is described as hairy and scruffy, often friendly. Shaggy is also the name of a character in Scooby-Doo. In science, shaggy coats keep animals like yaks and musk oxen warm in cold places.

### examples

- A big shaggy dog bounded up to us. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaggy/#x1)
- The Highland cow has a shaggy coat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaggy/#x2)
- His hair was long and shaggy after the summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaggy/#x3)
- We lay on the shaggy rug by the fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaggy/#x4)
- Yaks have shaggy fur to keep warm in the mountains. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaggy/#x5)
- The shaggy monster turned out to be a friendly giant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaggy/#x6)
- Grandpa told a shaggy dog story with a silly ending. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaggy/#x7)
- The door was thrust open--it was Bruin, the great, shaggy Bruin! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaggy/#x8)

### note

Comparative: shaggier, shaggiest (y → i). Spelling: double g. Opposite: smooth, sleek.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «shaggy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaggy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.