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woolly

or ·É´Ç´Ç±ô·²â

[ wool-ee ]

adjective

woollier, woolliest.
  1. consisting of wool:

    a woolly fleece.

  2. resembling wool in texture or appearance:

    woolly hair.

  3. clothed or covered with wool or something resembling it:

    a woolly caterpillar.

  4. Botany. covered with a pubescence of long, soft hairs resembling wool.
  5. like the rough, vigorous atmosphere of the early West in America:

    wild and woolly.

  6. fuzzy; unclear; disorganized:

    woolly thinking.



noun

plural woollies.
  1. Western U.S. a wool-bearing animal; sheep.
  2. Usually woollies. a knitted undergarment of wool or other fiber.
  3. any woolen garment, as a sweater.
  4. Dialect. a dust ball.

woolly

/ ˈ·ÉÊŠ±ôɪ /

adjective

  1. consisting of, resembling, or having the nature of wool
  2. covered or clothed in wool or something resembling it
  3. lacking clarity or substance

    woolly thinking

  4. botany covered with long soft whitish hairs

    woolly stems

  5. recalling the rough and lawless period of the early West of America (esp in the phrase wild and woolly )
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. often plural a garment, such as a sweater, made of wool or something similar
  2. usually plural an informal word for sheep
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ·É´Ç´Ç±ô±ô¾±±ô²â, adverb
  • ˈ·É´Ç´Ç±ô±ô¾±²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ·É´Ç´Ç±ôl¾±Â·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of woolly1

First recorded in 1580–90; wool + -y 1
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