scratchy

IPA: skrˈætʃi

Characterized by scratches.
(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.
(of a phonograph record) Having popping and/or crackling sounds due to excessive wear, especially from scratch marks.
(informal) Irritable; tetchy.

Examples of "scratchy" in Sentences

I've got it in scratchy AM, 33s, 45s and eight-track ...
AF is lovely on me- but I find the incensey woods 'scratchy'- not velvety.
Chapter/Region: with the * scratchy scratchy scratchy* with the diamond needles .....
Later, as they lay wrapped in scratchy sheets, her eyes flashing a very ordinary hazel and she cackled, “I have an idea.”
For Santa, that task is to deliver toys on Christmas Eve and sit in scratchy suits in department stores and next to food courts across the land.
His aged voice was hoarse and scratchy from the drinking of too much swipes at a funeral the night before, nothing of which contributed to make me less irritable.
The CD's substandard sound quality recalls scratchy and filthy vinyl reproduction but, regardless, Rare Meat proves essential for collectors or diehards wishing to own his earliest recordings.
And now, in this new Web ad, which is posted on Obama's Web site, she complains that the Clinton camp used that old video, which she said was intended for things like cough syrup, for the politics of fears -- tinting the footage and adding what she calls a scratchy voice.