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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024scrap•per1 (skrap′ər),USA pronunciation n. - a person who removes or does away with scraps.
scrap•per2 (skrap′ər),USA pronunciation n. [Informal.]- Informal Termsa fighter or aggressive competitor, esp. one always ready or eager for a fight, argument, or contest:the best lightweight scrapper in boxing; a rugged political scrapper.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024scrap1 /skræp/USA pronunciation n., adj., v., scrapped, scrap•ping. n. - a small piece or portion;
fragment:[countable]a scrap of paper. - scraps, [plural] bits of food, esp. of leftover food:Feed the dogs scraps.
- material that has been thrown away or left over and can be reused:[uncountable]heaps of scrap to be carted away.
adj. [before a noun] - made up of scraps or scrap:scrap metal.
- thrown away or left over.
v. [~ + object] - to make into scrap;
break up. - to throw away or abandon as useless:scrapped our plans to remodel.
scrap2 /skræp/USA pronunciation n., v., scrapped, scrap•ping. [Informal.]n. [countable] - a fight or quarrel.
v. [no object] - to fight or quarrel.
scrap•per, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024scrap1 (skrap),USA pronunciation n., adj., v., scrapped, scrap•ping. n. - a small piece or portion;
fragment:a scrap of paper. - scraps:
- bits or pieces of food, esp. of leftover or discarded food.
- the remains of animal fat after the oil has been tried out.
- a detached piece of something written or printed:scraps of poetry.
- an old, discarded, or rejected item or substance for use in reprocessing or as raw material, as old metal that can be melted and reworked.
- chips, cuttings, fragments, or other small pieces of raw material removed, cut away, flaked off, etc., in the process of making or manufacturing an item.
adj. - consisting of scraps or fragments.
- existing in the form of fragments or remnants of use only for reworking, as metal.
- discarded or left over.
v.t. - to make into scraps or scrap;
break up:to scrap old cars. - to discard as useless, worthless, or ineffective:He urged that we scrap the old method of teaching mathematics.
- Old Norse skrap, derivative of skrapa to scrape
- Middle English scrappe (noun, nominal) 1350–1400
- a fight or quarrel:She got into a scrap with her in-laws.
v.i. - to engage in a fight or quarrel.
- variant of scrape 1670–80
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