Definition of "scabby" in English

adjective

1. Affected with scabs; full of scabs.

2. Diseased with the scab (mange): mangy.

3. (printing) Having a blotched, uneven appearance.

4. Injured by the attachment of barnacles to the carapace of a shell.

5. Working against union policies, working to bust unions; in particular, being a scab (worker who crosses a union picket line).

6. (Ireland, UK, slang) stingy; scrounging.

   • The chipper was a bit scabby on the vinegar today.
   • I lent you a fiver last week and you still haven’t paid me back, you scabby bastard!
   • You never bring you’re own pen but always ask to borrow mine, you scabby git!