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- scatty From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English scat‧ty /ˈskæti/ adjective British English informal someone who is scatty often forgets or loses things because they are not sensible or practical Origin scatty (1900-2000) Probably from scatterbrained
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If you describe someone as scatty, you mean that they often forget things or behave in a silly way.
scatty. Scatty refers to someone who is absentminded, disorganized, or generally eccentric. The term is often used to describe a person who is flighty or doesn't readily focus on details.
SCATTY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary. Meaning of scatty in English. scatty. adjective. UK informal us / ˈskæt̬.i / uk / ˈskæt.i / Add to word list. silly and often forgetting things: a scatty child. scatty behavior. Synonyms. absent (NOT PAYING ATTENTION) absent-minded. abstracted formal. forgetful. scatterbrained informal.
If you describe someone as scatty, you mean that they often forget things or behave in a silly way.
lost in thought; showing preoccupation. “the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence”. synonyms: absent, absentminded, abstracted. inattentive. showing a lack of attention or care.
Britannica Dictionary definition of SCATTY. [also more scatty; most scatty] British, informal. : not having or showing the ability to think clearly. My scatty [= scatterbrained] mother is always losing her keys.