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Scrappy meaning

  1. Consisting of scraps; fragmentary; lacking unity or consistency.
  2. Having an aggressive spirit; inclined to fight or strive.
  3. (Of a fight) characterised by lots of ungainly or wild punches, grabs, wrestling, etc.

Synonyms of Scrappy

Using Scrappy

  • The main meaning on this page is: Consisting of scraps; fragmentary; lacking unity or consistency. | Having an aggressive spirit; inclined to fight or strive. | (Of a fight) characterised by lots of ungainly or wild punches, grabs, wrestling, etc.
  • Useful related words include: aggressive.
  • In the example corpus, scrappy often appears in combinations such as: the scrappy, scrappy and, of scrappy.

Context around Scrappy

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 9 start, 4 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Scrappy

  • In this selection, "scrappy" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, scooby, love, lil, doo, little and affair stand out and add context to how "scrappy" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include an equally scrappy set up and are a scrappy and committed. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "scrappy" sits close to words such as abolishing, acidity and apa, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with scrappy

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Lil Scrappy shared another adorable throwback photo of his grandma in 2020. (12 words)

If you love scrappy, hard-nosed football, this is the bowl game for you. (14 words)

The game then descended into a scrappy affair as errors crept in from both sides. (15 words)

Fred, Daphne, and Velma were dropped from the series, and the new Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo format was now composed of three seven-minute comedic adventures starring Scooby, Scrappy, and Shaggy instead of one half-hour mystery. (38 words)

On primary night, Schroeder defeated Decker with 55% of the vote, and within days the campaign pivoted from its rag-tag headquarters in the Schroeders’ basement to an equally scrappy set-up inside an abandoned drugstore. (36 words)

When Scrappy-Doo was introduced to the series in 1979, he, Scooby, and Shaggy became the sole foci of much of the merchandising, including a 1983 Milton-Bradley Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo board game. (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

Fred, Daphne, and Velma were dropped from the series, and the new Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo format was now composed of three seven-minute comedic adventures starring Scooby, Scrappy, and Shaggy instead of one half-hour mystery.

When Scrappy-Doo was introduced to the series in 1979, he, Scooby, and Shaggy became the sole foci of much of the merchandising, including a 1983 Milton-Bradley Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo board game.

Another issue was that the league could not keep to a proper schedule of matches while the season’s calendar of fixtures was scrappy and unreliable.

Co-opting a kitchen cupboard staple as a key ingredient in one of the most anticipated animated movies of the year is the kind of scrappy innovation that Aardman is known for.

Despite those disadvantages, we are a scrappy and committed team, and we brought home third place for best newspaper for the first time since the ‘90s.

For a place that, on the surface, seems fairly genteel, Ilkley can be a scrappy little town.

Formartine United had to come from behind to win 2-1 in a scrappy local derby against Inverurie Locos which secured a fourth place finish for the Pitmedden side.

If you love scrappy, hard-nosed football, this is the bowl game for you.

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It’s a cool story for a scrappy little father-son business, which Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll bought a few years ago before installing his son, Lance, as a driver.

It was an even and scrappy start to the second half under difficult conditions on the soft grass Forum pitches with both sides taking efforts from long range.

Jackie Delong, left and Michele Butler relax with their dogs, Lily Jean and Scrappy, right, on Tuesday in Lewiston.

Like many scrappy nonprofits, the track program has a limited budget and relies on the creativity of its staff and the generosity of its community to get by.

Lil Scrappy shared another adorable throwback photo of his grandma in 2020.

On primary night, Schroeder defeated Decker with 55% of the vote, and within days the campaign pivoted from its rag-tag headquarters in the Schroeders’ basement to an equally scrappy set-up inside an abandoned drugstore.

Sami Zayn, the scrappy underdog, fought valiantly and took the crowd on a journey for multiple nearest of near fall moments.

Tennis stars Roger Federer, wearing a South Africa scarf, and Novak Djokovic were among the crowd of 80,065 who witnessed a gripping but scrappy game.

The game started as a scrappy affair with both sides testing each other in the forwards and it was Wellington that conceded first.

The game then descended into a scrappy affair as errors crept in from both sides.

The New Scooby-Doo Movies focused on guest stars, Scooby-Doo: Mystery Incorporated told long-term stories, and the less said about Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo, the better.

The other six days of the week the children went to school, carrying out manual labour in bare feet and scrappy clothes.

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Common combinations with scrappy

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "scrappy" in a sentence?
An example: "Fred, Daphne, and Velma were dropped from the series, and the new Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo format was now composed of three seven-minute comedic adventures starring Scooby, Scrappy, and Shaggy instead of one half-hour mystery." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "scrappy" from authentic English texts.
What does "scrappy" mean?
Scrappy means: Consisting of scraps; fragmentary; lacking unity or consistency.
What are synonyms of "scrappy"?
Common synonyms of "scrappy" include: aggressive.
How many example sentences with "scrappy" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "scrappy", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.