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Scrap

//skɹæp// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion. countable, uncountable

    "I found a scrap of cloth to patch the hole."

  2. 2
    A fight, tussle, skirmish.

    "We got in a little scrap over who should pay the bill."

  3. 3
    the act of fighting; any contest or struggle wordnet
  4. 4
    A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.; The smallest amount. countable, uncountable

    "I don't care a scrap."

  5. 5
    a small piece of something that is left over after the rest has been used wordnet
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  1. 6
    Leftover food. countable, plural-normally, uncountable

    "Give the scraps to the animals: any meat to the dogs, and the rest to the hogs."

  2. 7
    a small fragment of something broken off from the whole wordnet
  3. 8
    The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat. countable, uncountable

    "pork scraps"

  4. 9
    worthless material that is to be disposed of wordnet
  5. 10
    Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk. uncountable

    "That car isn't good for anything but scrap."

  6. 11
    A piece of deep-fried batter left over from frying fish, sometimes sold with chips. UK, countable, in-plural, uncountable
  7. 12
    Loose-leaf tobacco of a low grade, such as sweepings left over from handling higher grades. uncountable
  8. 13
    A Hispanic criminal, especially a Mexican or one affiliated with the Sureno gang. countable, ethnic, offensive, slur, uncountable
  9. 14
    A snare for catching birds. countable, obsolete, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To discard; to get rid of. transitive

    "The party plans to scrap the military-drafted constitution, and bring the army's many business interests under the Ministry of Finance."

  2. 2
    to fight

    "Oh yeah! Keep it spicy! You know I love a good tussle, Gonzales! Keep on scrappin', son! 'Course, it ain't gonna do you much good in the end."

  3. 3
    make into scrap or refuse wordnet
  4. 4
    To stop working on indefinitely. transitive
  5. 5
    have a disagreement over something wordnet
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  1. 6
    To scrapbook; to create scrapbooks. intransitive
  2. 7
    dispose of (something useless or old) wordnet
  3. 8
    To dispose of at a scrapyard. transitive

    "Northern made much of the scrapping of the first of the Pacers (142005), and to date 35 of its Class 142s have been scrapped, with a further 11 off-lease at Gascoigne Wood."

  4. 9
    To make into scrap. transitive

    "Standing on the mountain above Caerphilly, one may reflect upon the gap where once stood Llanbradach Viaduct, and look near at hand upon the restored ruins of Caerphilly Castle; man labours to rebuild the mediaeval whilst he ruthlessly scraps the modern."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English scrappe, from Old Norse skrap, from skrapa (“to scrape, scratch”), from Proto-Germanic *skrapōną, *skrepaną (“to scrape, scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *skreb-, *skrep- (“to engrave”). Cf. Swedish skräp (“garbage”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English scrappe, from Old Norse skrap, from skrapa (“to scrape, scratch”), from Proto-Germanic *skrapōną, *skrepaną (“to scrape, scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *skreb-, *skrep- (“to engrave”). Cf. Swedish skräp (“garbage”).

Etymology 3

Perhaps from the obsolete colloquial meaning "sinister plot, scheme, villainy", or a dialectal variant of scrape.

Etymology 4

Perhaps from the obsolete colloquial meaning "sinister plot, scheme, villainy", or a dialectal variant of scrape.

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