"scooby" meaning in English

See scooby in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: scoobies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} scooby (plural scoobies)
  1. (Cockney rhyming slang) Alternative letter-case form of Scooby. Tags: Cockney, alt-of, slang Alternative form of: Scooby
    Sense id: en-scooby-en-noun-Cyfby3Ym Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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