Scooby
Americannoun
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the character Scooby-Doo from the franchise of the same name.
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a fan of the Scooby-Doo television series, films, and associated media.
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(Cockney rhyming slang) clue, concept, idea.
adjective
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Yes, that means it took nearly six decades to have a real-life Scooby.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
On a micro level, the physical monsters Buffy and the Scooby Gang faced during the show’s seven-season run were clever metaphors for universally understood coming-of-age horrors.
From Salon ● Feb. 11, 2025
Scooby Doo, a massive pit monster, was a crowd-pleaser as a lion with an unruly golden mane.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 10, 2024
But if a National Geographic documentary about canine evolution seems too highbrow for your four-legged friend, Scooby Doo might be a perfectly acceptable option as well.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 18, 2024
“When someone pulls the fire alarm, security starts checking all the cameras to figure out what’s going on. Your friend from the tour wasn’t hard to spot. Who are the rest of the Scooby Gang?”
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
Willow, Xander and the rest of the Sunnydale Scoobies discover in the show’s sixth season, the world starts to crumble around them.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
As the Scoobies take the slow gondola back down the mountain Matsson flies past in his whirlybird.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2023
The three Scoobies don’t find the book, and Nora and Fet scamper off to rescue the jailed would-be killer Eph.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2015
He and the Scoobies will make a powerful team in the Vampocalypse 2015 battle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2015
But it also allows for a classic comic scene when Giles attempts to brief the Scoobies on the Gentlemen using an overhead projector.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 15, 2015
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