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scrawm

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
scrawm
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To tear or scratch.

British usage; Transitive verb

Etymology

Probably from Dutch schrammen, from schram (“a rent, a tear”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

scrawms (present, singular) scrawming (participle, present) scrawmed (participle, past) scrawmed (past)

Questions

What does scrawm mean?
To tear or scratch.
Where does scrawm come from?
It is traced to Dutch.

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