scrappy
pronunciation
How to pronounce scrappy in British English:
UK [ˈskræpi]
How to pronounce scrappy in American English:
US [ˈskræpi]
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- Adjective:
- full of fighting spirit
Word Origin
- scrappy (adj.)
- "consisting of scraps," 1837, from scrap (n.1) + -y (2). Meaning "inclined to fight" (1895) is from scrap (v.2). Related: Scrappily; scrappiness.
Example
- 1. You 're also so generous and kind and scrappy !
- 2. She barely saved her seat with a scrappy write-in candidacy .
- 3. At the heart of this cautionary tale sits the cigar-chomping mr cayne , who revelled in his firm 's image as wall street 's scrappy outsider .
- 4. I may not be brilliant , ' chatwin told auerbach , ' but I 'm hungry , I 'm scrappy .
- 5. Scrappy project management : the 12 predictable and avoidable pitfalls every project faces .