Scummer

noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    someone connected with Southampton Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc. derogatory
  2. 2
    An instrument for taking off scum.
  3. 3
    Excrement, scumber.

    "I'd be wading in scummer if it wasn't for works like these. Except, of course, that nobody ever bothered to put such tunnels in the Lower City, so I do wade in scummer there."

  4. 4
    Alternative form of Scummer (“A supporter of Southampton F.C.”) UK, alt-of, alternative, derogatory, offensive, slang
  5. 5
    One who engages in scumming. derogatory
Show 1 more definition
  1. 6
    A scummy person? One who scums i.e. skims? derogatory

    "'[…] fucking scummer like him having precedence over me? That's unheard of.'"

Verb
  1. 1
    To scumber.

Synonyms

All synonyms
saintsaint

Example

More examples

"'[…] fucking scummer like him having precedence over me? That's unheard of.'"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From scum + -er.

Etymology 2

A variant of scumber, phonologically simplified and influenced by scum.

More for "scummer"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.