English Explanatory Dictionary

shagged

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having or covered with shaggy hair.
  2. Unkempt; clothed in rags; ragged.
  3. Of garments and fabrics: having a rough or long nap.
  4. Covered with scrub, trees, or rough or shaggy growth.
  5. Jagged; having a rough, uneven surface.
  6. Of hair: long; rough; shaggy.
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of shag
adj
  1. Extremely tired.

Pronunciation

En-au-shagged.ogg

Word forms

shagged more shagged most shagged

Etymology

From Old English sceacgede, from sceacga (“hair”), from Proto-Germanic *skaggiją (“beard, stem”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek-, *(s)keg- (“to jump, move, hurry”).

Derived words

shaggedness unshagged shagged out
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