scratchy

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
18
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈskɹæt͡ʃi/

Definition of scratchy

5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Characterized by scratches.
    “An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.”
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adj

  1. Characterized by scratches.
    “An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.”
  2. Irritating; itchy.
  3. (informal)Noisy, lossy; marred by white noise or static as a result of poor or low signal, interference or unfavourable atmospheric conditions.
    “The FM station two hundred miles away was receivable, but the audio was too scratchy to positively identify.”
  4. Having popping and/or crackling sounds due to excessive wear, especially from scratch marks.
    “Once he almost fell asleep, and then the little record player started up in his mother and father's bedroom. Mom was playing her scratchy Elvis 45s again.”
  5. (informal)Irritable; tetchy.
    “'Now, now, don't get scratchy,' said Casali. 'You've got enough troubles of your own. […]”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From scratch + -y.

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