scatty

American  

[skat-ee] / ˈskæt i /

adjective

British Informal.

scattier, scattiest

1. scatterbrained.

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scatty British  

/ ˈskætɪ /

adjective

1. empty-headed, frivolous, or thoughtless

2. distracted (esp in drive someone scatty )

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Other Word Forms

• scattily adverb
• scattiness noun

Etymology

Origin of scatty

1910–15; apparently scatt(erbrain) + -y ¹

Example Sentences

But this was not a case of Rach being scatty, instead it was the reality of living with ADHD.

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And there was the incident that drove them scatty.

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Rangers hustled and harried Leipzig, refusing to bend, riding their luck but defending with a zeal that drove Leipzig scatty at times.

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This is a tricky game to approach if you are a manager under pressure like Solskjaer is, but Tottenham are still quite scatty themselves so would not surprise me if United went there and won.

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"If Dan and Sara are the mum and dad, I'm the scatty teenager. I'm basically the person who posts memes and funny stuff into the group."

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