Usually means: Tall, thin, long-limbed appearance.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word leggy:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. leggy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. leggy: Merriam-Webster
  3. leggy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. leggy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. leggy: Collins English Dictionary
  6. leggy: Vocabulary.com
  7. Leggy, leggy: Wordnik
  8. leggy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. leggy: Wiktionary
  10. leggy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. leggy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. leggy: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Leggy, leggy: Dictionary.com
  14. leggy: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Leggy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Leggy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. leggy: Rhymezone
  18. Leggy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. leggy: FreeDictionary.org
  20. leggy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. leggy: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. leggy: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. leggy: Medical dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  2. GreenWeb Gardening Glossary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. leggy: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See leggier as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  (UK, US, chiefly of a woman) Having long, attractive legs; long-legged.
adjective:  (slang, chiefly of a woman) Exposing the bare or pantyhose-clad legs, especially the thighs.
adjective:  Having numerous legs.
adjective:  Taller or longer than usual.
noun:  (childish) Alternative form of leggie (“a leg”) [(childish) A leg (limb).]

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