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Scraggy Definition & Meaning

scraggy
adjective
  1. being very thin; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck"
  2. having a sharply uneven surface or outline; "the jagged outline of the crags"; "scraggy cliffs"

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What does scraggy mean?
being very thin; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck" having a sharply uneven surface or outline; "the jagged outline of the crags"; "scraggy cliffs"
What part of speech is scraggy?
Scraggy is an adjective.
How many definitions does scraggy have?
Scraggy has 2 definitions across 1 part of speech (adjective).

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