"scatty" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-scatty.ogg [Australia] Forms: scattier [comparative], scattiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -æti Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} scatty (comparative scattier, superlative scattiest)
  1. (slang, Britain) Scatterbrained; flighty. Tags: Britain, slang Translations (scatterbrained): шантав (šantav) (Bulgarian), чо́кнутый (čoknutyj) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-scatty-en-adj-YtDeNU42 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 52 20 21 7 Disambiguation of 'scatterbrained': 98 2
  2. (UK, Liverpool, slang) messy; filthy; disgusting Tags: UK, slang
    Sense id: en-scatty-en-adj-gUQGHd-l Categories (other): British English, Liverpudlian English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adjective

Audio: En-au-scatty.ogg [Australia]
Rhymes: -æti Etymology: scat + -y; see scat (“brief shower of rain”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|scat|y}} scat + -y, {{m|en|scat||brief shower of rain}} scat (“brief shower of rain”) Head templates: {{en-adj|?}} scatty
  1. (dialect) showery; rainy Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-scatty-en-adj-SYb7b27c
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

Audio: En-au-scatty.ogg [Australia] Forms: scatties [plural]
Rhymes: -æti Etymology: Shortening of Scatophagus, the genus name Etymology templates: {{taxfmt|Scatophagus|genus}} Scatophagus Head templates: {{en-noun}} scatty (plural scatties)
  1. A fish of species Scatophagus tetracanthus.
    Sense id: en-scatty-en-noun-Orc94gpd
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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