scrab
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Etymology 1[edit]
Middle French and Old French schrabben (“to scrape, scratch”), from Frankish *skaban, from Proto-Germanic *skabaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- (“to scratch”); compare Old High German skaban, Irish scríobann and sgrìoban.
Verb[edit]
scrab (third-person singular simple present scrabs, present participle scrabbing, simple past and past participle scrabbed)
- (transitive) To scrape or scratch.
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Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle English scrabbe, variant of crabbe (“crabapple”); ultimately of Germanic origin, plausibly from North Germanic, cognate with Swedish dialect scrabba, krabbäpple.
Noun[edit]
scrab (plural scrabs)
- A crabapple.
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