scatterbrain
pronunciation
How to pronounce scatterbrain in British English:
UK [ˈskætəbreɪn]
How to pronounce scatterbrain in American English:
US [ˈskætərbreɪn]
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- Noun:
- a flighty and disorganized person
Word Origin
- scatterbrain (n.)
- also scatter-brain, "thoughtless, giddy person, one incapable of serious, connected thought," 1764 (scatter-brained), from scatter (v.) + brain (n.). Related: Scatterbrained. Compare scatter-good "spendthrift."
Example
- 1. Your mother 's right ! You 're a scatterbrain !
- 2. Make room for the next scatterbrain .
- 3. What a scatterbrain ! She forgot to plug in the coffee maker .
- 4. I can 't believe you 've lost your glasses again lucy , you are such a scatterbrain .
- 5. He is always very careless , that 's why he is nicknamed " scatterbrain " .