Animal Grooming Vocabulary

verb To make (something) wet and dirty by dragging it through mud, water, etc.

• The heavy rain caused her dress to draggle along the wet ground.
• She looked a mess with her draggled hair and wrinkled clothes.
• I can't believe you're wearing those draggled old sneakers to the party.
• His reputation was draggled after the scandal was exposed.

adjective dirty or untidy in appearance

adverb in a dirty or untidy manner

• The grubby appearance of the suspect's clothing indicated he had been involved in illegal activities.
• I don't want to eat at that grubby diner, the tables look dirty.
• Her ex-boyfriend's new girlfriend is always posting grubby pictures on social media.
• The politician's grubby dealings were exposed by the investigative journalists.

noun a long, thin braid of hair that resembles the tail of a rat

• The scientist studied the genetic mutation responsible for the rat tail in the population of rodents.
• I saw a rat with a long rat tail scurrying around the trash cans.
• That guy's haircut looks like a rat tail, it's so outdated.
• The tangled wires behind the computer desk resembled a rat tail, making it difficult to untangle.