Definition of wild and woolly
chiefly US, informal
: very wild : without order or control
His novels were about the wild and woolly Western frontier. a wild and woolly love affair
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“Wild and woolly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wild%20and%20woolly. Accessed 27 Jun. 2022.
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