Woolly
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.
7.
Western U.S. a wool-bearing animal; sheep.
8.
Usually, woollies. a knitted undergarment of wool or other fiber.
9.
any woolen garment, as a sweater.
10.
Dialect. a dust ball.
adjective woollier, woolliest (sometimes US) woolier, wooliest
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.
(US) recalling the rough and lawless period of the early West of America (esp in the phrase wild and woolly)
noun (pl) woollies, (sometimes US) woolies
6.
(often pl) a garment, such as a sweater, made of wool or something similar
7.
(Western US & Austral) (usually pl) an informal word for sheep
wool hat
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