woolly: Meaning and Definition of

wool•ly

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.

1. a wool-bearing animal; sheep.
2. Usually,a knitted undergarment of wool or other fiber.
3. any woolen garment, as a sweater.
4. a dust ball.