Definition of scrap Scrap
/skɹæˈp/ - [skratp] - scrap
We found 29 definitions of scrap from 7 different sources.
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WordNet
NounPlural: scraps |
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| scrap - a small piece of something that is left over after the rest has been used; "she jotted it on a scrap of paper"; "there was not a scrap left" | ||
| scrap - the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap" | ||
| fight, fighting, combat | ||
| battle, struggle, conflict a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement" | ||
| gunfight, gunplay, shootout a fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten | ||
| skirmish, clash, encounter, brush a state of conflict between persons | ||
| close-quarter fighting hand-to-hand fighting at close quarters | ||
| dogfight a violent fight between dogs (sometimes organized illegally for entertainment and gambling) | ||
| fencing the art or sport of fighting with swords (especially the use of foils or epees or sabres to score points under a set of rules) | ||
| in-fighting boxing at close quarters | ||
| set-to a brief but vigorous fight | ||
| impact, shock the striking of one body against another | ||
| rough-and-tumble, tussle, hassle, scuffle, dogfight disorderly fighting | ||
| affaire d'honneur, duel any struggle between two skillful opponents (individuals or groups) | ||
| blow forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth; "he gave his nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a single puff" | ||
| fistfight, slugfest, fisticuffs a fight with bare fists | ||
| battering, banging the act of subjecting to strong attack | ||
| beating, whipping the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows | ||
| fray, affray, ruffle, disturbance a noisy fight | ||
| free-for-all, brawl a noisy fight in a crowd | ||
| cut-and-thrust, knife fight, snickersnee fighting with knives | ||
| gang fight, rumble a fight between rival gangs of adolescents | ||
| scrap - a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye" | ||
| bit, chip, flake, fleck | ||
| fragment an incomplete piece; "fragments of a play" | ||
| matchwood fragments of wood; "it was smashed into matchwood" | ||
| exfoliation, scurf, scale the peeling off in flakes or scales of bark or dead skin; "exfoliation is increased by sunburn" | ||
| scurf (botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts | ||
| scrap - worthless material that is to be disposed of | ||
| rubbish, trash | ||
| waste material, waste matter, waste product, waste useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources" | ||
| scrap metal discarded metal suitable for reprocessing; "he finally sold the car for scrap metal" | ||
| debris, rubble, detritus, junk, dust the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up | ||
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| scrap - make into scrap or refuse; "scrap the old airplane and sell the parts" | ||
| convert change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change; "The substance converts to an acid" | ||
| scrap - have a disagreement over something; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These two fellows are always scrapping over something" | ||
| quarrel, dispute, argufy, altercate | ||
| argue, debate, fence, contend present reasons and arguments | ||
| brawl, wrangle to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively; "The bar keeper threw them out, but they continued to wrangle on down the street" | ||
| spat spawn; "oysters spat" | ||
| polemicise, polemicize, polemise, polemize engage in a controversy; "The two historians polemicized for years" | ||
| fall out have a breach in relations; "We fell out over a trivial question" | ||
| scrap - dispose of (something useless or old); "trash these old chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer" | ||
| trash, junk | ||
| cast aside, toss away, toss out, discard, cast away, chuck out, cast out, throw away, fling, dispose, throw out, toss, put away throw or cast away; "Put away your worries" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- scrap (Noun)
A small piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion. - scrap (Noun)
Leftover food. - scrap (Noun)
Discarded material especially metal, junk. - scrap (Noun)
A Hispanic criminal especially a Mexican one or someone perceived to embody such a countenance, especially with affiliation to the Norte gang. - scrap (Noun)
The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat. - scrap (Noun)
A fight, tussle, skirmish. - scrap (Verb)
To discard. - scrap (Verb)
To stop working on indefinitely. - scrap (Verb)
To scrapbook; to create scrapbooks. - scrap (Verb)
To dispose of at a scrapyard. - scrap (Verb)
To make into scrap. - scrap (Verb)
To fight.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- scrap (v. t.)
Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion. - scrap (v. t.)
Specifically, a fragment of something written or printed; a brief excerpt; an unconnected extract. - scrap (v. t.)
The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat; as, pork scraps. - scrap (v. t.)
Same as Scrap iron, below.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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scrap
A small fragment of something broken off from the whole.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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scrap
skrap, n. a small piece: a remnant: a picture suited for preservation in a scrap-book: wrought-iron clippings: an unconnected extract.—v.t. to consign to the scrap-heap.—ns. Scrap′-book, a blank book for scraps or extracts, prints, &c.; Scrap′-heap, a place where old iron is collected; Scrap′-ī′ron, old iron accumulated for reworking; Scrap′-met′al, scraps or fragments of any kind of metal, which are only of use for remelting.—adv. Scrap′pily, in fragments, desultorily.—n. Scrap′piness, fragmentariness, disconnectedness.—adj. Scrap′py.—Go to the scrap-heap, to go to ruin. [Scand., Ice. skrap, scraps—skrapa, to scrape.] -
scrap
skrap, n. (slang) a fight, scrimmage -
scrap
skrap, n. a snare for birds
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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scrap
A villainous scheme or plan. He whiddles the whole scrap; he discovers the whole plan or scheme.
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