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scrap·py 1
(skrăp′ē)adj. scrap·pi·er, scrap·pi·est
Composed of scraps; fragmentary: scrappy evidence.
scrap′pi·ly adv.
scrap′pi·ness n.
scrap·py 2
(skrăp′ē)adj. scrap·pi·er, scrap·pi·est
1. Quarrelsome; contentious. See Synonyms at argumentative.
2. Full of fighting spirit.
scrap′pi·ly adv.
scrap′pi·ness n.
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scrappy
(ˈskræpɪ)adj, -pier or -piest
fragmentary; disjointed
ˈscrappily adv
ˈscrappiness n
scrappy
(ˈskræpɪ)adj, -pier or -piest
informal pugnacious
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scrap•py1
(ˈskræp i)adj. -pi•er, -pi•est.
made up of scraps.
scrap•py2
(ˈskræp i)adj. -pi•er, -pi•est.
Informal. fond of fighting.
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Adj. | 1. | scrappy - full of fighting spirit; "a scrappy admiral" aggressive - having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends; "an aggressive businessman"; "an aggressive basketball player"; "he was aggressive and imperious; positive in his convictions"; "aggressive drivers" |
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scrappy
adjective incomplete, sketchy, piecemeal, disjointed, perfunctory, thrown together, fragmentary, bitty a scrappy affair
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scrappy
adjective1. Given to arguing:
2. Having or showing an eagerness to fight:
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Translations
مُؤَلَّف من قِطَع غَيْر مُتَجانِسَه
připravený ze zbytků
maradékokból összeszedett
ósamstæîur; úr hinu og òessu
pripravený zo zvyškov
scrappy
[ˈskræpɪ] ADJ (scrappier (compar) (scrappiest (superl))) [essay etc] → deshilvanado; [knowledge, education] → incompleto; [meal] → hecho con sobrasCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
scrappy
[ˈskræpi] adj [game, performance, film, novel] → brouillon(ne)The second half was a scrappy affair → La deuxième mi-temps a été plutôt brouillonne.scrap value n
Its scrap value is £10 → À la casse cela vaut 10 livres.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
scrappy
adj (+er) (= disjointed) → zusammengestückelt, zusammengestoppelt (inf); knowledge → lückenhaft; football match → orientierungslos; a scrappy goal → ein Zufallstor nt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
scrappy
[ˈskræpɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (essay) → senza capo né coda; (knowledge, education) → lacunoso/a; (meal) → arrangiato/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
scrap1
(skrӕp) noun1. a small piece or fragment. a scrap of paper.
2. (usually in plural) a piece of food left over after a meal. They gave the scraps to the dog.
3. waste articles that are only valuable for the material they contain. The old car was sold as scrap; (also adjective) scrap metal.
4. a picture etc for sticking into a scrapbook.
verb – past tense, past participle scrapped – to discard. They scapped the old television set; She decided to scrap the whole plan.
ˈscrappy adjective made up of bits and pieces. a scrappy meal.
ˈscrappily adverbˈscrappiness noun
ˈscrapbook noun
a book with blank pages on which to stick pictures etc. The actor kept a scrapbook of newspaper cuttings about his career.
scrap heap a heap of waste material, unwanted objects etc.
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