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scratchy

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
scratchy/ˈskratʃi/

▶adjective (scratchier, scratchiest) causing or characterized by scratching.

■ (of a voice or sound) rough; grating.

■ (of a record) making a crackling sound because of scratches on the surface.

– derivatives
scratchily adverb,
scratchiness noun.

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