adj
Meaning 1
Resembling a quagmire; marshy, miry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
quaggy
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UK: /ˈkwɒɡi/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
adj
Meaning 2
Soft or flabby (of a person etc.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 3
A short river that passes through the London boroughs of Bromley, Greenwich and Lewisham.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
(of soil) soft and watery
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the ground was boggy under foot
- a marshy coastline
- miry roads
- wet mucky lowland
- muddy barnyard
- quaggy terrain
- the sloughy edge of the pond
- swampy bayous
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From quag + -y.