Scooby gang

noun

A small and cohesive group of people (usually teenagers) who regularly seek to solve mysteries.

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Meanings

nounScooby gang (plural Scooby gangs)

plural Scooby gangs

  1. A small and cohesive group of people (usually teenagers) who regularly seek to solve mysteries.

    "We're like the Scooby gang."

    2004, Nora Roberts, Blue Dahlia: The Garden Trilogy, page 192
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    "Hey, the Scooby gang's all here," Ven said.

    2007, Alyssa Day, Atlantis Awakening: The Warriors of Poseidon, page 131

    He's haunted, she thought. And from the look of things, this is one ghost that even our little Scooby Gang might have trouble getting rid of.

    2003, Andy Mangels, Michael A. Martin, Pursuit, page 175

    Care to let the rest of the Scooby Gang in on whatever's got your spider senses tingling?"

    1999, Warren Murphy, Richard Sapir, Deadly Genes, page 165

Origin

Derived from the cartoon Scooby-Doo, which featured a group of teenagers regularly engaged in solving mysteries.

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