scrapy

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adjective

Characteristic of a scraping sound or motion.

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Meanings

adjectivescrapy (comparative more scrapy, superlative most scrapy)

comparative more scrapy · superlative most scrapy · alternative scrapey

  1. Characteristic of a scraping sound or motion.

    Frequent thirst, with a scrapy dryness in the throat, as if after making a night of it.

    1939, J. W. Ward, Unabridged Dictionary of Sensations as If

Origin

From scrape + -y.

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Cite this entry
APA

scrapy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrapy

MLA

“scrapy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrapy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scrapy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrapy.

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