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scrapy

scrapy adjective: characteristic of a scraping sound or motion.

Adjective

scrapy (comparative more scrapy, superlative most scrapy)

  1. Characteristic of a scraping sound or motion.
    • Frequent thirst, with a scrapy dryness in the throat, as if after making a night of it.1939, J. W. Ward, Unabridged Dictionary of Sensations as If

Forms of scrapy

comparativemore scrapy
superlativemost scrapy
alternative formscrapey

Origin of scrapy

From scrape + -y.

Questions about scrapy

What does scrapy mean?
Scrapy means characteristic of a scraping sound or motion.
What part of speech is scrapy?
Scrapy is an adjective.

Words near scrapy in the dictionary

  1. scraps
  2. scraptiid
  3. scraptiids
  4. Scraptoft
  5. scrapwood
  6. scrapy
  7. scrapyard
  8. scrapyards
  9. scrat
  10. Scratby
  11. scratch

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