Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having, consisting of, or covered with scabs.
- adjective Affected with scab or scabies.
- adjective Informal Contemptible; vile.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In founding, blistered or marred with scabs: said of a casting.
- Covered with scabs; full of scabs; consisting of scabs.
- Affected with scabies.
- Injured by the attachment of barnacles, limpets, and other shell-fish to the carapace, interfering with the growth of the shell at the spots affected: noting tortoise-shell so injured.
- In printing, noting printed matter that is blotched, spotty, or uneven in color.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Affected with scabs; full of scabs.
- adjective Diseased with the scab, or mange; mangy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Affected with
scabs ; full of scabs. - adjective Diseased with the scab, or
mange ;mangy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective covered with scabs
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Examples
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"The sheep get scabby from a microbe under the skin, which causes them to itch fearfully, and they lose their wool."
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They'd holler at you and call you "scabby" and things like that.
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Our last visit was to the Dip, and it was only a short one, for it seemed a cruel process; unfortunately, this fine station is in technical parlance "scabby," and although of course great precautions are taken, still some 10,000 sheep had an ominous large
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At this point, McCain is like some bloody-thighed heroin addict crawling around in shit and garbage because he can't find anyone to give his pathetic ass a fix, the kind of scabby bitch you wouldn't let blow you, but you might say, "Hey, eat this bug and I'll give you a buck," and that motherfucker'd do it.
The Rude Pundit Rude One 2008
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The town at their base could have been mistaken for the sprawling, rectilinear remains of an ancient Near Eastern city: low, scabby white stone walls separating sand drifts and mounds of rubble.
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The town at their base could have been mistaken for the sprawling, rectilinear remains of an ancient Near Eastern city: low, scabby white stone walls separating sand drifts and mounds of rubble.
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The town at their base could have been mistaken for the sprawling, rectilinear remains of an ancient Near Eastern city: low, scabby white stone walls separating sand drifts and mounds of rubble.
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As Berk withdrew his hand he picked away the scabby tissue that had surrounded the projectile, and within moments he could feel her innards healing the way they were designed to.
365 tomorrows » Steve Smith : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
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President Obama will do what the people want, not what the repugs want. btw dnfp, go suck a big fat, scabby, purple dic, you f0ucking clown.
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Please, do NOT recommend some place to get my hair done, there's not enough left on me to cover a scabby gerbil.
p_n_elrod: Why I hate getting haircuts p_n_elrod 2010
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