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- [skrap-ee]
- /ˈskræp i/
- /ˈskræp.i/
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- [skrap-ee]
- /ˈskræp i/
Definitions of scrappy word
- adjective scrappy fond of fighting, arguing, or competing. 1
- adjective scrappy If you describe something as scrappy, you disapprove of it because it seems to be badly planned or untidy. 0
- adjective scrappy fragmentary; disjointed 0
- adjective scrappy pugnacious 0
- adjective scrappy made of scraps; consisting of odds and ends 0
- adjective scrappy disconnected; disjointed 0
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Origin of scrappy
First appearance:
before 1830 One of the 36% newest English words
First recorded in 1830-40; scrap1 + -y1
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Parts of speech for Scrappy
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
scrappy popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 73% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
scrappy usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for scrappy
adj scrappy
- anti — You can refer to people who are opposed to a particular activity or idea as antis.
- argumentative — Someone who is argumentative is always ready to disagree or start quarrelling with other people.
- assertory — characterized by or relating to declaration or affirmation
- at loggerheads — If two or more people or groups are at loggerheads, they disagree very strongly with each other.
- bearish — On the stock market, if there is a bearish mood, prices are expected to fall. Compare bullish.
noun scrappy
- belligerents — warlike; given to waging war.
- contraries — opposite in nature or character; diametrically or mutually opposed: contrary to fact; contrary propositions.
- litigiousness — of or relating to litigation.
adjective scrappy
- battling — a hostile encounter or engagement between opposing military forces: the battle of Waterloo.
- depthless — immeasurably deep; fathomless
- disputative — Tending to dispute.
- eristic — Of or characterized by debate or argument.
- eristical — Obsolete form of eristic.
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