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    Wool·ly
    /ˈwo͝olē/

    adjective

    noun

    • 1. a garment made of wool, especially a pullover. British
    • 2. a sheep. Australian, New Zealand
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  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › woolyWooly Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    1. a. : resembling wool. b. : of, relating to, or bearing wool. 2. a. : lacking in clearness or sharpness of outline. a woolly TV picture. b. : marked by mental confusion. woolly thinking. 3. : marked by boisterous roughness or lack of order or restraint. where the West is still woolly Paul Schubert. used especially in the phrase wild and woolly.

  4. www.collinsdictionary.com › english › woollyWOOLLY definition in American English | Collins English ...

    Jun 1, 2024 · 1. of or like wool. 2. bearing wool. 3. covered with wool or something resembling wool in texture. 4. US. having characteristics of the early frontier life of the western U.S.; rough and uncivilized. used chiefly in wild and woolly. 5. tangled and confused; fuzzy. woolly ideas. noun Word forms: plural ˈwoollies US. 6. West. a sheep. 7. a.

  5. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitionwoolly adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and ...

    (of people or their ideas, etc.) not thinking clearly; not clearly expressed synonym confused. woolly arguments. The Government have been woolly about the exact meaning of their proposals. You should challenge any vague and woolly replies. See woolly in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: woolly.

  6. www.oed.com › dictionary › woolly_adjwoolly, adj. & n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford ...

    What does the word woolly mean? There are 15 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word woolly, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. woolly has developed meanings and uses in subjects including.

  7. www.britannica.com › dictionary › woollyWoolly Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

    • Overview
    • wild and woolly
    • — woolliness

    4 ENTRIES FOUND:

    1 woolly adjective

    also wooly /ˈwʊli/

    woollier; woolliest

    1 woolly

    adjective

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    chiefly US, informal

    : very wild : without order or control

    •His novels were about the wild and woolly Western frontier.

    •a wild and woolly love affair

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    noun [noncount]

    [count] chiefly British, informal

    : a warm piece of clothing (such as a sweater) made of knitted wool

    •Get out your winter woollies.

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  8. dictionary.cambridge.org › learner-english › woollywoolly | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

    made of wool, or made of something that looks like wool: a green woolly hat. (Definition of woolly from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

  9. dictionary.cambridge.org › learner-english › woollywoolly | definition in the Learner's Dictionary ...

    adjective. UK (US wooly) uk / ˈwʊli / us. made of wool, or made of something that looks like wool: a green woolly hat. Want to learn more? Improve your vocabulary with English Vocabulary in Use from Cambridge. Learn the words you need to communicate with confidence.

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