scrap
/ˈskɹæp/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.90 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.
Uncountable
noun
A piece of deep-fried batter left over from frying fish, sometimes sold with chips.
British usage; Countable; Uncountable
noun
Loose-leaf tobacco of a low grade, such as sweepings left over from handling higher grades.
Uncountable
noun
A Hispanic criminal, especially a Mexican or one affiliated with the Sureno gang.
Countable; Offensive; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "I found a scrap of cloth to patch the hole."
- "I have no materials — not a scrap."
- "I don't care a scrap."
- "“I don't mind anything. I don't mind your being technically German a scrap. All I think is that it was a little—well, perhaps a little excessive to marry another German when you had done it once already. […]”"
- "Give the scraps to the animals: any meat to the dogs, and the rest to the hogs."
- "pork scraps"
Etymology
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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: scrappe, skrap, *skrapōną, *skreb-