Scramb

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A handful of something scraped together. British, dialectal, transitive
Verb
  1. 1
    To scratch (something) with claws or fingernails; to claw, to scram. British, dialectal, transitive
  2. 2
    To pull down or rip off (something) with force. British, dialectal, transitive
  3. 3
    To scrape (something) together with the hands. British, dialectal, obsolete, transitive

Etymology

The verb, especially sense 2 (“to scratch with the claws or fingernails”), is possibly related to Dutch schrammen (“to graze, scratch”) and German schrammen (“to scratch, scrape”), from Late Middle High German schramm, schramme (“a graze, scratch”); further etymology unknown. The noun is derived from the verb.

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