SCRAP

fight, fighting, combat, scrap

(noun) 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”

scrap

(noun) 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”

bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap

(noun) a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; “a bit of rock caught him in the eye”

rubbish, trash, scrap

(noun) worthless material that is to be disposed of

scrap

(verb) make into scrap or refuse; “scrap the old airplane and sell the parts”

quarrel, dispute, scrap, argufy, altercate

(verb) have a disagreement over something; “We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America”; “These two fellows are always scrapping over something”

trash, junk, scrap

(verb) dispose of (something useless or old); “trash these old chairs”; “junk an old car”; “scrap your old computer”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

scrap (plural scraps)

A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.

(usually, in the plural) Leftover food.

The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat.

(uncountable) Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.

(UK, in the plural) A piece of deep-fried batter left over from frying fish, sometimes sold with chips.

(ethnic slur, offensive) A Hispanic criminal, especially a Mexican or one affiliated with the Norte gang.

(obsolete) A snare for catching birds.

Verb

scrap (third-person singular simple present scraps, present participle scrapping, simple past and past participle scrapped)

(transitive) To discard.

(transitive, of a project or plan) To stop working on indefinitely.

(intransitive) To scrapbook; to create scrapbooks.

(transitive) To dispose of at a scrapyard.

(transitive) To make into scrap.

Etymology 2

Noun

scrap (plural scraps)

A fight, tussle, skirmish.

Verb

scrap (third-person singular simple present scraps, present participle scrapping, simple past and past participle scrapped)

to fight

Anagrams

• APCRs, Carps, RSPCA, carps, craps, parcs, pracs, scarp

Source: Wiktionary


Scrap, n. Etym: [OE. scrappe, fr. Icel. skrap trifle, cracking. See Scrape, v. t.]

1. Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion. I have no materials -- not a scrap. De Quincey.

2. Specifically, a fragment of something written or printed; a brief excerpt; an unconnected extract.

3. pl.

Definition: The crisp substance that remains after trying out animal fat; as, pork scraps.

4. pl.

Definition: Same as Scrap iron, below. Scrap forgings, forgings made from wrought iron scrap.

– Scrap iron. (a) Cuttings and waste pieces of wrought iron from which bar iron or forgings can be made; -- called also wrought-iron scrap. (b) Fragments of cast iron or defective castings suitable for remelting in the foundry; -- called also founding scrap, or cast scrap.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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