Dictionary Definition
woody adj
1 made of or containing or resembling wood;
"woody plants"; "perennial herbs with woody stems"; "a woody taste"
[ant: nonwoody]
2 abounding in trees; "an arboreous landscape";
"violets in woodsy shady spots"; "a woody area near the highway"
[syn: arboraceous,
arboreous, woodsy]
3 made hard like wood as the result of the
deposition of lignin in the cell walls [syn: lignified] [also: woodiest, woodier]
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English
Extensive Definition
Woody may mean:
- a short form of Woodrow (name)
- an adjective for wood
- a slang euphemism for an erection
- the code name for version 3.0 of the Debian Linux distribution
A name or nickname of:
- Sheriff Woody, a character in the Toy Story movies
- a thin car in the Pixar film Cars (film)
- Wood (musician) or Woody, drummer for indie/rock band British Sea Power
- Woody Woodpecker, Walter Lantz/Universal Pictures cartoon character
- Woody Allen, actor and director
- Woody Evans, jazz great
- Woody Evans, American writer
- James "Woody" Green or Woody Rock, R&B/gospel music performer and member of Dru Hill
- Woody Guthrie, musician
- Woody Harrelson, actor
- Woody Hayes, football coach
- Woody Herman, musician
- Woody Paige, sportswriter
- Woody Strode, actor
- Woodrow Wilson, US President
- Ronnie Wood, member of The Rolling Stones and The Faces
- Stuart John Wood, guitarist of the Bay City Rollers
- Daniel Woodgate, drummer
- Andrew Wood, lead singer of Mother Love Bone and Malfunkshun
See also
- Woodie, a station wagon with wooden panels
- Wooden roller coaster – or 'Woodie' – a wood roller coaster
Woody in German: Woody
Woody in French: Woody