scrap
English
/skɹæp/
noun
Definitions
- A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
- (usually) 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) A piece of deep-fried batter left over from frying fish, sometimes sold with chips.
- (ethnic slur) A Hispanic criminal, especially a Mexican or one affiliated with the Norte gang.
- (obsolete) A snare for catching birds.
Etymology
Derived from Middle English scrappe derived from Old Norse skrap derived from Proto-Germanic *skrapōną (scratch, scrape) derived from Proto-Indo-European *skreb- (engrave).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*skreb-
Gloss
engrave
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- book English
- e-scrap English
- electroscrap English
- heap English
- scrapbook English
- scrapbooker English
- scrapbooky English
- scrapheap English
- scrapless English
- scrapman English
- scrappable English
- scrappage English
- scrapper English
- scrappie English
- scrappily English
- scrappiness English
- scrappy English
- scrapwood English
- scrapyard English
- wood English
- yard English
- *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European
- *skreb- Proto-Indo-European
- skrap Norwegian Bokmål
- *skrapōną Proto-Germanic
- スクラップ Japanese
- スクラップブック Japanese
- skrap Norwegian Nynorsk
- scrapian Old English
- scrappe Middle English
- skrap Old Norse
- skrapa Old Norse
- schrapen Middle Dutch
- scerf Old High German
- scharben Middle High German
- skrap Tok Pisin