Scooby

See also: scooby

English

Alternative forms

• scooby

Proper noun

Scooby

1. Scooby-Doo, a fictional cowardly anthropomorphic dog in a children's cartoon; used to make phrases bringing to mind aspects of that cartoon.

Derived terms

• Scooby gang
• Scooby snack

Noun

Scooby (plural Scoobies)

1. (Cockney rhyming slang) A clue (insight or understanding).
   • 2002, Kevin Sampson, Outlaws, →ISBN, page 193:

     I haven't got a fucking Scooby what I'm talking about here.

   • 2014, Mark Turley, Journeymen, →ISBN:

     You get the average pisshead in a pub sitting around saying "I can do that" but they've got no idea. Not a Scooby.