scrap

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /skɹæp/

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• Rhymes: -æp

Etymology 1

Middle English scrappe, from Old Norse skrap, from skrapa (“to scrape, scratch”).

Noun

scrap (plural scraps)

1. A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
   • De Quincey

     I have no materials — not a scrap.

   I found a scrap of cloth to patch the hole.

2. (usually plural) Leftover food.

   Give the scraps to the dogs and watch them fight.

3. Discarded material (especially metal), junk.

   That car isn't good for anything but scrap.

4. (ethnic slur, offensive) A Hispanic criminal especially a Mexican one or someone perceived to embody such a countenance, especially with affiliation to the Norte gang
5. The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat.

   pork scraps

Derived terms

terms derived from scrap (noun)

scrap paper scrapbook scrapheap

scrappy scrapyard

Translations

small leftover piece

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 碎片 (cmn) (suìpiàn), 断片 (cmn) (duànpiàn)

• Czech: útržek (cs) m
• Dutch: restje (nl) n
• Finnish: palanen (fi), tilkku (fi)
• French: bribe (fr) f, bout (fr) m
• German: Stückchen (de) n, Fetzen (de) m
• Italian: pezzo (it), frammento (it)

• Japanese: かけら (ja) (kakera), 断片 (ja) (だんぺん, danpen)
• Polish: kawałek (pl) m, urywek (pl) m
• Portuguese: apara (pt) f
• Russian: кусочек (ru) (kusóček) m, клочок (ru) (kločók) m, обрывок (ru) (obrývok) m (of paper), лоскуток (ru) (loskutók) m (of cloth)
• Scottish Gaelic: buineag (gd) f
• Spanish: resto (es) m

leftover food

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 殘羹剩飯 (cmn), 残羹剩饭 (cmn) (cángēngshèngfàn)

• Czech: zbytky (cs) m
• Finnish: ruoantähteet (fi) pl, tähteet (fi)
• French: restes (fr) m pl (de nourriture)
• German: Reste (de) m pl, Speisereste (de) m, Essensreste (de) m pl
• Italian: avanzo (it)

• Japanese: 食べ残し (ja) (たべのこし, tabenokoshi)
• Polish: resztki (pl) pl
• Portuguese: restos (pt) m pl
• Russian: объедки (ru) (obʺjédki) m pl, остатки (ru) (ostátki) m pl (пищи), очистки (ru) (očístki) m pl
• Spanish: sobras (es) f pl, restos (es) m pl

discarded metal

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 廢物 (cmn), 废物 (cmn) (fèiwù), 廢棄物 (cmn), 废弃物 (cmn) (fèiqìwù), 廢鐵 (cmn), 废铁 (cmn) (fèitiě)

• Czech: šrot (cs) m
• Finnish: romu (fi) (metal), pl jätteet (fi)
• French: ferraille (fr) f

• German: Altmaterial (de) n, Altmetall (de) n, Schrott (de) m, Abfall (de) m
• Italian: ferraglia (it)
• Japanese: くず鉄 (ja) (くずてつ, kuzutetsu), 屑鉄 (ja) (くずてつ, kuzutetsu), スクラップ (ja) (sukurappu)
• Portuguese: sucata (pt) f
• Russian: металлолом (ru) (metallolóm) m, железный лом (ru) (želéznyj lom) m
• Spanish: chatarra (es) f

Verb

scrap (third-person singular simple present scraps, present participle scrapping, simple 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.

Derived terms

• scrapper

Translations

to discard

• Arabic: يتخلى (ar), نبذ (ar)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 废弃 (cmn)

• Finnish: romuttaa (fi), hylätä (fi)
• German: wegwerfen (de), verschrotten (de)
• Polish: wyrzucać (pl) impf., wyrzucić (pl) pf.

to dispose at the scrapyard

• German: verschrotten (de), abwracken (de)

• Spanish: desguazar (es), achatarrar (es)

Etymology 2

Unknown

Noun

scrap (plural scraps)

1. A fight, tussle, skirmish.

   We got in a little scrap over who should pay the bill.

Translations

fight

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 打架 (cmn)

• Finnish: nujakka (fi), nahina (fi)
• Polish: bójka (pl) f

Verb

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

1. to fight

Translations

to fight

• Arabic: شجار (ar)

• Finnish: tapella (fi), nahistella (fi)

Anagrams

• carps, craps, RSPCA, scarp