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SCRAPPINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does scrappiness mean?
• SCRAPPINESS (noun)
The noun SCRAPPINESS has 1 sense:
1. the trait of being scrappy and pugnacious
Familiarity information: SCRAPPINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The trait of being scrappy and pugnacious
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("scrappiness" is a kind of...):
combativeness; militance; militancy (a militant aggressiveness)
Derivation:
scrappy (full of fighting spirit)
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