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scratchies

scratchies is the plural of scratchie.

Meaning of scratchie

Noun

scratchie (plural scratchies)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, informal) A scratch card.
    • I sat on the balcony with my cup of coffee and my inhaler and I scratched my Scratchies. I won $6.2009, Marja Harris, My Memoirs: A Period in the Life of Marja Harris, page 47
    Synonyms:
    instant scratchie
  2. (colloquial) A scratch.
    • This was an invitation I couldn't resist...FIVE Goldens! I was in heaven! So I go over and spend 10-15 minutes talking and doing head scratchies and getting slobbered on and kissed.1994 September 26, Andrea Dec, “Sniff, sniff, sniffsniffSNORT”, in rec.pets.dogs (Usenet), archived from the original on 20 Sep 2025

Questions about scratchies

What is scratchies the plural of?
Scratchies is the plural of scratchie.

Words near scratchies in the dictionary

  1. scratchest
  2. scratcheth
  3. scratchgrass
  4. scratchie
  5. scratchier
  6. scratchies
  7. scratchiest
  8. scratchily
  9. scratchin'
  10. scratchiness
  11. scratching

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