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scratchiti

scratchiti noun: a form of graffiti that is scratched into a surface, rather than drawn or painted.

Noun

scratchiti (uncountable)

  1. A form of graffiti that is scratched into a surface, rather than drawn or painted.
    • “What a trip!” Land had said as we took our seats on the Red Line. The seats were brand spanking new with no graffiti or scratchiti on the walls or windows and no need to purchase tickets!2007, Sid Nasr, Passing the American Charivari, page 35
    • The zebrawood paneling is beginning to get the scratchiti veneer of a grade-school desktop.2008 March 20, Cintra Wilson, “Better Angel, Out of the Dressing Room!”, in New York Times

Origin of scratchiti

Blend of scratch + graffiti.

Questions about scratchiti

What does scratchiti mean?
Scratchiti means a form of graffiti that is scratched into a surface, rather than drawn or painted.
What part of speech is scratchiti?
Scratchiti is a noun.

Words near scratchiti in the dictionary

  1. scratching the surface
  2. scratching together
  3. scratching up
  4. scratchingly
  5. scratchings
  6. scratchiti
  7. scratchitti
  8. scratchless
  9. scratchlike
  10. scratchmark
  11. scratchmarks

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