"scrubby" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈskɹʌbi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-scrubby.wav [US] Forms: scrubbier [comparative], scrubbiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʌbi Etymology: From scrub + -y. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|scrub|-y|text=+|tree=1}} From scrub + -y. Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} scrubby (comparative scrubbier, superlative scrubbiest)
  1. Covered with or consisting of scrub. Translations (covered with scrub): обрасъл с храсти (obrasăl s hrasti) (Bulgarian), pensaikkoinen (Finnish), pusikkoinen (Finnish), porośnięty krzakami (Polish), snårig (Swedish), risig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-scrubby-en-adj-Tk9Tn9wS Categories (other): English terms with collocations, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 49 3 4 Disambiguation of 'covered with scrub': 92 8
  2. Inferior in size or quality. Translations (inferior in size or quality): недорасъл (nedorasăl) (Bulgarian), kitukasvuinen (Finnish), pienikokoinen [inferior] (Finnish), huono (Finnish), surkea (Finnish), kurja [inferior] (Finnish), skarłowaciały (Polish)
    Sense id: en-scrubby-en-adj-5giQClpN Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 38 48 7 6 Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 36 49 8 6 Disambiguation of English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons: 33 51 10 6 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 32 50 10 7 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 37 49 7 7 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 53 7 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 25 45 14 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 47 6 9 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 36 50 6 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 49 3 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 52 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 31 58 5 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 25 59 9 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 29 56 7 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 30 52 8 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 28 58 7 7 Synonyms: mid, second-rate, sorry, ass [slang, vulgar], bad, base, below par [idiomatic], bottom-shelf, BTEC [UK], bum, cheap, cheap and nasty [UK], cheapshit [vulgar], cheesy, chintzy [figuratively], coffee-and [derogatory, slang], crap [mildly, slang, vulgar], crappo [slang], crappy [vulgar], craptastic [slang, vulgar], crapperific [slang, vulgar], craptabulous [slang, vulgar], craptacular [US, slang, vulgar], cruddy [slang], crummy [informal], dogwater [slang], drecky, flimsy, fourth-rate [idiomatic, uncommon], gash [UK, slang, vulgar], garbage, god-awful, inferior, lousy, low, low-grade, low-quality, low-rent, made in China [idiomatic], mid [Internet, slang], naughty [obsolete], one-star [idiomatic], pathetic, poor, poor man's, pound-shop [UK, derogatory], punk, rinky-dink [US, informal], ropy [Ireland, UK], rubbish [Australia, Britain, New-Zealand, informal], sad, schlocky, scrubby, second-rate [idiomatic], shoddy, slazy [archaic], slight [dialectal, obsolete], slim [UK, dialectal], subpar, shit [vulgar], shite [Ireland, UK, vulgar], shitty [informal, vulgar], substandard, ticky-tacky [US], tenth-rate [idiomatic], third-rate [idiomatic], tin-pot [informal], trash, trashy, under par, woeful, wretched Disambiguation of 'inferior in size or quality': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: scrub (english: vegetation), scrub (english: livestock animal), scrub [person]

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈskɹʌbi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-scrubby.wav [US] Forms: scrubbies [plural], scrubbie [alternative]
Rhymes: -ʌbi Etymology: From scrub + -y. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|scrub|-y|text=+|tree=1}} From scrub + -y. Head templates: {{en-noun}} scrubby (plural scrubbies)
  1. Diminutive of scrubber: a small scrubber for light washing tasks. Tags: diminutive, form-of Form of: scrubber (extra: a small scrubber for light washing tasks)
    Sense id: en-scrubby-en-noun-l5aG2ggU Categories (other): English terms with collocations
  2. (informal) a loofah. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-scrubby-en-noun-U5oMevxQ

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    "English terms suffixed with -y",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages using etymon with no ID",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pages with etymon",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌbi",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌbi/2 syllables",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations"
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "scrub",
      "scrub#English"
    ],
    [
      "-y",
      "-y#English"
    ]
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": ":af",
        "3": "scrub",
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        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "From scrub + -y.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From scrub + -y.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "scrubbies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scrubbie",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "scrubby (plural scrubbies)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English diminutive nouns",
        "English terms with collocations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "dish scrubby",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "shower scrubby",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "a small scrubber for light washing tasks",
          "word": "scrubber"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Diminutive of scrubber: a small scrubber for light washing tasks."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "scrubber",
          "scrubber#English"
        ],
        [
          "washing",
          "washing"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "form-of"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a loofah."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "loofah",
          "loofah"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) a loofah."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskɹʌbi/"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌbi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scrubby"
}

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