Woolly (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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adjective, wool·li·er, wool·li·est.
  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. 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 wool·lies.
  1. a wool-bearing animal; sheep.
  2. a knitted undergarment of wool or other fiber.
  3. any woolen garment, as a sweater.
  4. a dust ball.
adjective woollier or woolliest or sometimes US woolier or 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
  4. covered with long soft whitish hairs
  5. 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
  1. a garment, such as a sweater, made of wool or something similar
  2. Western US and Australian (usually plural) an informal word for sheep
Woolly (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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