scratchy

English edit

scratchy (comparative scratchier, superlative scratchiest)

Characterized by scratches.
- 1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part I, London: Collins, →ISBN:
  An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.
(chiefly of a sore throat) Irritating; itchy.
(informal, of an analogue radio transmission) Noisy, lossy; marred by white noise or static as a result of poor or low signal, interference or unfavourable atmospheric conditions.
The FM station two hundred miles away was receivable, but the audio was too scratchy to positively identify.
(of a phonograph record) Having popping and/or crackling sounds due to excessive wear, especially from scratch marks.
- 1991, Stephen King, Needful Things:
  Once he almost fell asleep, and then the little record player started up in his mother and father's bedroom. Mom was playing her scratchy Elvis 45s again.
(informal) Irritable; tetchy.
- 1978, Attilio Veraldi, The Payoff, page 105:
  'Now, now, don't get scratchy,' said Casali. 'You've got enough troubles of your own. […]

(irritable): Tony Thorne (2014) “scratchy”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London, […]: Bloomsbury