nasties
- 1Plural of nasty.
The antivirus program scans your downloads for trojans and other digital nasties.
Hikers should watch out for ticks, leeches, and similar nasties in the tall grass.
Note
A regular plural that follows the usual rule for nouns ending in a consonant plus -y: the y becomes i before -es, as in parties or bodies. The singular is an informal noun made from the adjective, meaning something nasty, and in the plural it works as a loose catch-all for unwelcome things such as pests or malware. The compound keeps the same ending: one video nasty, several video nasties.
nasties is a form of nasty
nasty, noun: A playful, euphemistic slang term for sexual intercourse, always preceded by the. Full entry
- Forms
- nastynasties plural
- Spelling
- nasty → nasties: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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