(simile, UK, informal, humorous) To look extremely disheveled.

Alternative form of if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail

Alternative form of if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck

present participle of look as if one has been dragged through a hedge backwards

simple past tense and past participle of look as if one has been dragged through a hedge backwards

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of look as if one has been dragged through a hedge backwards

Synonym of if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail

A subject can be identified by observing its habitual characteristics.

Alternative form of if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck

A vantage point with a view of the surrounding area. / A session of watching for an approaching enemy, police, etc. / A person on watch for approaching enemy, police, danger, etc.