shaggyPronunciation: /ˈʃagi/Translate shaggy | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of shaggy adjective (shaggier, shaggiest) (of hair or fur) long, thick, and unkempt:the mountain goat has a long, shaggy coat having long, thick, unkempt hair or fur:a huge shaggy Alsatian having a covering resembling rough, thick hair. Phrases shaggy-dog story a long, rambling story or joke, typically one that is amusing only because it is absurdly inconsequential or pointless. [from an anecdote of this type, about a shaggy-haired dog (1945)]Derivatives shaggily adverb shagginess noun shaggy in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of shaggy in the US English dictionary
