Scotty

American  

[skot-ee] / ˈskɒt i /

noun

plural

Scotties

1. (often lowercase) a Scot; Scotsman or Scotswoman.

2. Scottish terrier.

3. a male given name, form of Scott.

4. a female given name.

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Etymology

Origin of Scotty

Scot + -y ²

Example Sentences

Australian snowboarder Scotty James is hoping to become the first male athlete to represent the country in five different Winter Olympic Games.

From Los Angeles Times

Growing up just outside Melbourne, Australia, Scotty James was more likely to spot the Loch Ness Monster or Big Foot as he was to spot snow.

From Los Angeles Times

If his father Phil, a passionate snowboarder, hadn’t talked a Vancouver ski-shop worker into selling 3-year-old Scotty a miniature display board during a family vacation to Canada decades ago, James still might be watching the Winter Olympics on TV.

From Los Angeles Times

But James, whose fortunate if still unfolding life story is told in the film “Scotty James: Pipe Dream,” which will be available on Netflix beginning Friday, won’t be the only accidental Olympian in competing in Italy.

From Los Angeles Times

Witness the private letters and memos of big time, Cold War-era reporters like the Times’s Scotty Reston, CBS’s Eric Sevareid and Chalmers Roberts of the Washington Post.

From The Wall Street Journal