Scrab

//skɹæb// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A crabapple.
Verb
  1. 1
    To scrape or scratch. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle French and Old French schrabben (“to scrape, scratch”), from Frankish *skaban, from Proto-Germanic *skabaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- (“to scratch”); compare Old High German skaban, Irish scríobann and sgrìoban.

Etymology 2

From Middle English scrabbe, variant of crabbe (“crabapple”); ultimately of Germanic origin, plausibly from North Germanic, cognate with Swedish dialect scrabba, krabbäpple.

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