noun
- Rare heavily matted wool or hair
- a haircut, short in front and longer in back, with multiple layers cut so as to produce a stylishly unkempt look
- a heavy, rough nap, as on some woolen cloth
- cloth with such a nap
- any disordered or tangled mass
- coarse, shredded tobacco
Origin:
ME *shagge < OE sceacga, rough hair, akin to ON skegg, beard < IE base *skek-, to spring forth > shake, Ger schicken, to send
transitive verb shagged, shagging
to make shaggy or rough