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1 scrappy
adj. hopplockad; fragmentisk, osammanhängande; grälsjuk* * *adjective (made up of bits and pieces: a scrappy meal.) hoprafsad -
2 scrap
n. bit, stycke, lapp; pappersbit; gräl, gruff; skräp, skrot--------v. skrota, göra till skräp; bråka* * *I 1. [skræp] noun1) (a small piece or fragment: a scrap of paper.) bit, stycke, lapp2) ((usually in plural) a piece of food left over after a meal: They gave the scraps to the dog.) matrester, smulor3) (waste articles that are only valuable for the material they contain: The old car was sold as scrap; ( also adjective) scrap metal.) skrot4) (a picture etc for sticking into a scrapbook.) urklipp2. verb(to discard: They scapped the old television set; She decided to scrap the whole plan.) skrota, kassera, slopa- scrappy- scrappily
- scrappiness
- scrapbook
- scrap heap II 1. [skræp] noun(a fight: He tore his jacket in a scrap with another boy.) gruff, slagsmål2. verb(to fight: The dogs were scrapping over a bone.) gruffas, slåss
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scrappy — index sporadic Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
scrappy — (adj.) consisting of scraps, 1837, from SCRAP (Cf. scrap) (n.1). Meaning inclined to fight (1895) is from SCRAP (Cf. scrap) (v.2) … Etymology dictionary
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scrappy — scrap|py [ skræpi ] adjective 1. ) AMERICAN ready or willing to fight or argue: a scrappy defense counsel 2. ) not put together or performed in an organized way: a rather scrappy concert ╾ scrap|pi|ly adverb ╾ scrap|pi|ness noun uncount … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English