English
scrap
Pronunciation Noun

scrap (plural scraps)

  1. A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
    • I have no materials — not a scrap.
    I found a scrap of cloth to patch the hole.
  2. (usually, in the plural) Leftover food.
    Give the scraps to the dogs and watch them fight.
  3. The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat.
    pork scraps
  4. (uncountable) Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.wikipedia
    That car isn't good for anything but scrap.
  5. (UK, in the plural) A piece of deep-fried batter left over from frying fish, sometimes sold with chips.
  6. (ethnic slur, offensive) A Hispanic criminal, especially a Mexican or one affiliated with the Norte gang.
  7. (obsolete) A snare for catching birds.
Translations Translations Translations Verb

scrap (scraps, present participle scrapping; past and past participle scrapped)

  1. (transitive) To discard.
  2. (transitive, of a project or plan) To stop working on indefinitely.
  3. (intransitive) To scrapbook; to create scrapbooks.
  4. (transitive) To dispose of at a scrapyard.
  5. (transitive) To make into scrap.
Translations Translations Noun

scrap (plural scraps)

  1. A fight, tussle, skirmish.
    We got in a little scrap over who should pay the bill.
Translations Verb

scrap (scraps, present participle scrapping; past and past participle scrapped)

  1. to fight


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