• A situation encountered after a night of consuming alcohol whereby a person, usually male, wakes the next morning in a strange bed with a sexual partner from the previous evening who is completely physically undesirable (see ugly, nasty, two bagger) and sleeping on the mans arm. The hapless male would rather gnaw off his own arm than wake the woman and have to face the ills of his intoxicated choices the previous evening. Originating from a phenomena whereby a coyote captured in a jaw trap will chew off its own leg to escape certain death.
    Also a feature motion picture from producer Jerry Bruckheimer about a number of fairly attractive women who work in a city bar that features ruckus tease-like behavior. Film title is in reference to definition above and vague attempt by filmmakers to be hip.


    Coyote ugly meaning & definition 1 of Coyote ugly.


  • As above, the man must gnaw off his arm to avoid waking the sleeping beast that he took home while drunk. I thought I might add what my dad calls double coyote ugly where the man gnaws off his other arm because he knows shell be looking for a one armed man.

    Coyote ugly meaning & definition 2 of Coyote ugly.


  • Waking up from a drunken stupor to find that your sexual partner of the previous night is not only ghastly, but is sleeping with his/her head resting on your arm. The only way to escape, without waking the beast, is to chew off your arm and flee.

    Coyote ugly meaning & definition 3 of Coyote ugly.


  • adj. the third and final phase of sheer unattractiveness.
    Phase 1-(one-bagger) so ugly you need to bag her/his face so you cant see it.
    Phase 2-(two-bagger) so damned ugly that you bag your face as well, in case the first bag falls off.
    Phase 3-(coyote ugly) so hideously ugly that you imitate the action of a trapped coyote and chew off your arm rather than face your conquest from the night before.

    Coyote ugly meaning & definition 4 of Coyote ugly.


  • The reason any man would find himself in this predicament is because she was a 2 at 10 and a 10 at 2.

    Coyote ugly meaning & definition 5 of Coyote ugly.


  • It describes a situation when you wake up to someone so ugly, that you want to gnaw off your arm to get away.

    Coyote ugly meaning & definition 6 of Coyote ugly.


    1. Place

    The Bar came before the movie. It is an awesome bar where the girls know how to party and make you feel okay about giving up your money, drawers, bras, and dignity.

    1. Movie

    A story about a Jersey girl following her dreams, aided by working at this bar in New York.

    1. Situation/Person/Decision

    See other definitions - waking up next to someone so ugly youd rather chew your arm off than wake them up.

    Coyote ugly meaning & definition 7 of Coyote ugly.


  • When your girl wakes up all ratchet, makeup smeared smelling like tequila.

    Coyote ugly meaning & definition 8 of Coyote ugly.


  • according to the movie, it is waking up under someone so ugly after a night of drinking that you would chew your arm off to get out from under him or her then wake them.

    Coyote ugly meaning & definition 9 of Coyote ugly.


  • The most horrible experience ever. Waking up after being extremely inebriated next to a hideous person, who in your intoxicated state, you thought was attractive.

    Coyote ugly meaning & definition 10 of Coyote ugly.

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