shaggy-dog story shaggy-coated • shaggy-fleeced · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · shaggy-dog story · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 16 · · Length Definitions · · · (noun) a long rambling joke whose humor derives from its pointlessness. Synonyms: shaggy dog story. · · Noun Definition 1 Characters · · space U+0020 - hyphen-minus U+002D a latin small letter a U+0061 d latin small letter d U+0064 g latin small letter g U+0067 h latin small letter h U+0068 o latin small letter o U+006F r latin small letter r U+0072 s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074 y latin small letter y U+0079