wiry

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   of hair that resembles wire in stiffness

   Wiry red hair.

2. 2
   adj

   Resembling wire.

   My hair was very wiry in my teens.

3. 3
   adj

   Thin, muscular and flexible.

   Don't fight him. He may be small, but he's wiry.

4. 4
   adj

   lean and sinewy

From wire + -y.

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