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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024scum /skʌm/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- a layer of matter on the surface of a liquid:pond scum.
- low, worthless people:Those gangsters are truly the scum of the earth.
scum•my, adj., -mi•er, -mi•est. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024scum (skum),USA pronunciation n., v., scummed, scum•ming. n. - a film or layer of foul or extraneous matter that forms on the surface of a liquid.
- refuse or offscourings.
- a low, worthless, or evil person.
- such persons collectively;
riffraff; dregs. - Metallurgyscoria (def. 1).
v.t. - to remove the scum from.
- to remove as scum.
v.i. - to form scum;
become covered with scum.
- Middle Dutch schūme (Dutch schuim) foam; cognate with German Schaum foam
- Middle English scume 1200–50
scum′less, adj. scum′like′, adj. |