wooly
pronunciation
How to pronounce wooly in British English:
UK ['wʊlɪ]
How to pronounce wooly in American English:
US ['wʊlɪ]
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- Adjective:
- having a fluffy character or appearance
- confused and vague; used especially of thinking
- covered with dense often matted or curly hairs
Word Origin
- wooly (adj.)
- also woolly, 1570s, "resembling or made of wool," from wool + -y (2). Meaning "barbarous, rude" is recorded 1891, from wild and wooly (1884) applied to the U.S. western frontier, perhaps in reference to range steers or to unkempt cowboys. Related: Wooliness.
Example
- 1. There 's a wooly mammoth in a glacier melting out there .
- 2. Is that a wooly mammoth ?
- 3. He wore a brown t-shirt with jeans and a pair of shoes , with a wooly hat covering his hair .
- 4. Admiring the cute wooly creatures , she said to the shepherd , " if I can guess how many sheep you have , can I take one ? "
- 5. Mammoths , cave lions , wooly rhinos , steppe bison , giant deer , musk ox , andothers all vanished .