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scatterbrains

scatterbrains is the plural of scatterbrain.

Meaning of scatterbrain

Noun

scatterbrain (plural scatterbrains)

  1. A flighty, disorganized or forgetful person.
    • Vivian is so VERY late! Where has that scatterbrain been all this time?2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Twilight Town

Noun

scatterbrains (plural scatterbrains)

  1. A flighty, disorganized or forgetful person.
    • The mind that is fed upon a diet of morning and evening newspapers, mainly or solely, will become flabby, uncertain, illogical, frivolous, and, in fact, little better than a scatterbrains.1900, Ainsworth Rand Spofford, A book for all readers

Forms of scatterbrains

pluralscatterbrains

Questions about scatterbrains

What does scatterbrains mean?
Scatterbrains means a flighty, disorganized or forgetful person.
What is scatterbrains the plural of?
Scatterbrains is the plural of scatterbrain.
What part of speech is scatterbrains?
Scatterbrains is a noun.
What is the plural of scatterbrains?
The plural of scatterbrains is scatterbrains.

Words near scatterbrains in the dictionary

  1. scatteration
  2. scatterations
  3. scatterbrain
  4. scatterbrained
  5. scatterbrainedness
  6. scatterbrains
  7. scattered
  8. scattered disc
  9. scattered disc object
  10. scattered disc objects
  11. scattered disk

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