scrab

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /skɹæb/
Rhymes: -æb

Etymology 1

Middle French schrabben (“to scrape, scratch”). Compare Old High German skaban, from Proto-Germanic *skabaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- (“to scratch”) and compare Irish Gaelic scríobann and sgrìoban.

Verb

scrab (third-person singular simple present scrabs, present participle scrabbing, simple past and past participle scrabbed)

(transitive) To scrape or scratch.

Derived terms

scrabber

Translations

to scratch

French: schrabben (fr)

Etymology 2

Noun

scrab (plural scrabs)

A crabapple.

Anagrams

carbs, cbars, crabs

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