wooly

[ woo l-ee ]

/ ˈwʊl i /

adjective, wool·i·er, wool·i·est, noun, plural wool·ies.

woolly.

OTHER WORDS FROM wooly

wool·i·ness, noun

Words nearby wooly

woolshed, woolskin, woolsorters' disease, woolwich, woolworth, wooly, woomera, woomerang, woonsocket, woop woop, woops

Definition for woolies (2 of 2)

woolly

or wool·y

[ woo l-ee ]

/ ˈwʊl i /

adjective, wool·li·er, wool·li·est.

consisting of wool: a woolly fleece.

resembling wool in texture or appearance: woolly hair.

clothed or covered with wool or something resembling it: a woolly caterpillar.

Botany. covered with a pubescence of long, soft hairs resembling wool.

like the rough, vigorous atmosphere of the early West in America: wild and woolly.

fuzzy; unclear; disorganized: woolly thinking.

noun, plural wool·lies.

Western U.S. a wool-bearing animal; sheep.

Usually woollies. a knitted undergarment of wool or other fiber.

any woolen garment, as a sweater.

Dialect. a dust ball.

Origin of woolly

First recorded in 1580–90; wool + -y¹

regional variation note for woolly

10. See dust ball.

OTHER WORDS FROM woolly

wool·li·ness, noun

Example sentences from the Web for woolies

I try not to look at them because they are so much like witch heads they give me the woolies.

The Big Time |Fritz Reuter Leiber
They figure on keeping this county just as it is, for only themselves and their cattle and woolies, and everybody else keep out.

In the Shadow of the Hills |George C. Shedd

British Dictionary definitions for woolies

woolly

sometimes US wooly

/ (ˈwʊlɪ) /

adjective woollier or woolliest or sometimes US woolier or wooliest

consisting of, resembling, or having the nature of wool

covered or clothed in wool or something resembling it

lacking clarity or substance woolly thinking

botany covered with long soft whitish hairs woolly stems

US recalling the rough and lawless period of the early West of America (esp in the phrase wild and woolly)

noun plural woollies or sometimes US woolies

(often plural) a garment, such as a sweater, made of wool or something similar

Western US and Australian (usually plural) an informal word for sheep

Derived forms of woolly

woollily, adverb woolliness, noun

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