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Definition scrap

Etymology 1

Middle English scrappe, from Old Norse skrap, from skrapa (�to scrape, scratch�), from Proto-Germanic *skrap?n?, *skrepan? (�to scrape, scratch�), from Proto-Indo-European *skreb-, *skrep- (�to engrave�)

Noun

scrap (plural scraps)

1. A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
2. (usually in the plural) Leftover food.
3. The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat.
4. (uncountable) Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.
5. (ethnic slur, offensive) A Hispanic criminal, especially a Mexican or one affiliated with the Norte gang.
6. A snare for catching birds.

Verb

scrap (third-person singular simple present scraps, present participle scrapping, simple past and past participle scrapped)

1. (transitive) To discard.
2. (transitive, of a project or plan) To stop working on indefinitely.
3. (intransitive) To scrapbook; to create scrapbooks.
4. (transitive) To dispose of at a scrapyard.
5. (transitive) To make into scrap.

Etymology 2

Unknown

Noun

scrap (plural scraps)

1. A fight, tussle, skirmish.

Verb

scrap (third-person singular simple present scraps, present participle scrapping, simple past and past participle scrapped)

1. to fight

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