scuzzy

  • 1scuzzy — 1968, N.Amer. colloquial, perhaps a blend of scummy and fuzzy. First attested use is in ref. to Ratso Rizzo in Midnight Cowboy …

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  • 2scuzzy — ☆ scuzzy [skuz′ē ] adj. scuzzier, scuzziest [< ?] Slang dirty, shabby, disreputable, etc …

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  • 3scuzzy — scuz|zy1 [ˈskʌzi] adj informal [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: Perhaps from disgusting] unpleasant and dirty = ↑disgusting scuzzy 2 scuzzy2 n [U] informal ↑SCSI ▪ What s the biggest scuzzy hard drive you have? …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 4scuzzy — [[t]skʌ̱zi[/t]] scuzzier, scuzziest ADJ GRADED Something that is scuzzy is dirty or disgusting. [INFORMAL] He wonders why the club is named after a scuzzy drug district in uptown New York …

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  • 5scuzzy — UK [ˈskʌzɪ] / US adjective Word forms scuzzy : adjective scuzzy comparative scuzzier superlative scuzziest informal extremely unpleasant and dirty …

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  • 6scuzzy — [“skazi] 1. mod. repellent; unkempt. □ His clothes are always so scuzzy. He probably keeps them in a pile in his room. □ Whose scuzzy car is that in the driveway? 2. Go to SCSI …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 7scuzzy — adj American dirty, unpleasant, distasteful, shabby and disreputable. This word, which is used particularly by young people, may be a nursery version of disgusting or an invention influenced by scum and fuzz . Scuzzy has been heard in North… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 8scuzzy — adjective (scuzzier; est) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1969 slang dirty, shabby, or foul in condition or character …

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  • 9scuzzy — /skuz ee/, adj., scuzzier, scuzziest. Slang. dirty, grimy, sordid, or repulsive; disgusting. Also, scuzz. [1965 70; expressive coinage; cf. similar phonetic components of SCUM, FUZZY, LOUSY, SLEAZY] * * * …

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  • 10scuzzy — adjective a) Dirty or grimy. b) Disreputable; sleazy. See Also: scuzz, scuzzball, scuzzbucket …

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