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scrubby

/ˈskɹʌbi/

scrubby adjective: covered with or consisting of scrub. Also the diminutive of scrubber.

Adjective

scrubby (comparative scrubbier, superlative scrubbiest)

  1. Covered with or consisting of scrub.
    • a scrubby landscape
  2. Inferior in size or quality.
    • scrubby crops
    • scrubby cattle

Noun

scrubby (plural scrubbies)

  1. (informal) a loofah.

Also used as

scrubby is also the diminutive of scrubber.

Examples of scrubby in a sentence

  • Too little Potash in the fertilizer used produces a "scrubby" crop, just as a lack of sufficient grain fed to stock means a "scrubby" animal.1897 July 17, “Potash. [booklet advertisement]”, in The Farmer's Guide: A Weekly Journal of Progressive Agriculture, volume 9, number 29...
  • The red clay of Oklahoma and the sands of the west Texas desert country produce scrubby crops, oil and football players.1957 November 18, Tex Maule, “A+$+X+F+B = Invincibility. This Formula Belongs to Oklahoma, Where It Was Developed to Equate With Unbeatable...

Synonyms of scrubby

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Forms of scrubby

Adjective
comparativescrubbier
superlativescrubbiest
Noun
pluralscrubbies
alternative formscrubbie

Origin of scrubby

From scrub + -y.

Words that rhyme with scrubby

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Questions about scrubby

What does scrubby mean?
Scrubby means covered with or consisting of scrub.
How do you use scrubby in a sentence?
Too little Potash in the fertilizer used produces a "scrubby" crop, just as a lack of sufficient grain fed to stock means a "scrubby" animal.
What part of speech is scrubby?
Scrubby can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce scrubby?
Scrubby is pronounced /ˈskɹʌbi/.

Words near scrubby in the dictionary

  1. scrubbings
  2. scrubbird
  3. scrubbirds
  4. scrubboard
  5. scrubboards
  6. scrubby
  7. scrubdown
  8. scrubdowns
  9. scrubeenie
  10. scrubeenies
  11. scrubfowl

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