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
- scrabbed eggs
- scrabber
Translations
to scratch
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Etymology 2
From Middle English scrabbe, variant of crabbe (“crabapple”); ultimately of Germanic origin, plausibly from North Germanic, cognate with Swedish dialect scrabba.
Noun
scrab (plural scrabs)
- A crabapple.
Anagrams
- carbs, cbars, crabs