scabby

About 0.08 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Affected with scabs; full of scabs.
2. adjective Diseased with the scab (mange): mangy.
3. adjective Having a blotched, uneven appearance.
4. adjective Injured by the attachment of barnacles to the carapace of a shell.
5. adjective Working against union policies, working to bust unions; in particular, being a scab (worker who crosses a union picket line).
6. adjective stingy; scrounging.

   The chipper was a bit scabby on the vinegar today.

Similar words

rough unsmooth scabbed scabious scald scabbish scurvy scurfy scabrous scalled

Often followed by

sheep and head knees potatoes mouth old skin bull

Word family

scabbier scabbiest