Usually means: Rough, irritating texture or sound.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word scratchy:

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  1. scratchy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. scratchy: Merriam-Webster
  3. scratchy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. scratchy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. scratchy: Collins English Dictionary
  6. scratchy: Vocabulary.com
  7. Scratchy, scratchy: Wordnik
  8. scratchy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. scratchy: Wiktionary
  10. scratchy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. scratchy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. scratchy: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. scratchy: Dictionary.com
  14. Scratchy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. scratchy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. scratchy: Rhymezone
  17. Scratchy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. scratchy: FreeDictionary.org
  19. scratchy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. scratchy: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. scratchy: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Scratchy: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See scratchier as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Characterized by scratches.
adjective:  (chiefly of a sore throat) Irritating; itchy.
adjective:  (informal, of an analogue radio transmission) Noisy, lossy; marred by white noise or static as a result of poor or low signal, interference or unfavourable atmospheric conditions.
adjective:  (of a phonograph record) Having popping and/or crackling sounds due to excessive wear, especially from scratch marks.
adjective:  (informal) Irritable; tetchy.

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