scrap

scrap

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skɹæp/

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• Rhymes: -æp

Etymology 1

Middle English scrappe, from Old Norse skrap, from skrapa (“to scrape, scratch”), from Proto-Germanic *skrapōną, *skrepaną (“to scrape, scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *skreb-, *skrep- (“to engrave”)

Noun

scrap (countable and uncountable, plural scraps)

1. A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
   • 1852, Thomas De Quincey, Sir William Hamilton (published in Hogg's Instructor)

     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 animals: any meat to the dogs, and the rest to the hogs.

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.

   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. (uncountable) Loose-leaf tobacco of a low grade, such as sweepings left over from handling higher grades.

   Synonym: trash

7. (ethnic slur, offensive) A Hispanic criminal, especially a Mexican or one affiliated with the Sureno gang.
8. (obsolete) A snare for catching birds.

Derived terms

terms derived from scrap (noun)

• scrap paper
• scrapbook
• scrapheap
• scrappy
• scrapyard

Translations

small piece, fragment

Bulgarian: парче (bg) n (parče), късче (bg) n (kǎsče) Chinese: Mandarin: 碎片 (zh) (suìpiàn), 斷片／断片 (zh) (duànpiàn) Czech: útržek m Dutch: restje (nl) n Finnish: palanen (fi), pala (fi), pätkä (fi), ylijäämäpala; tilkku (fi) (scrap cloth) French: bribe (fr) f, bout (fr) m Galician: refugallo (gl) m, restroballo (gl) m German: Stückchen (de) n, Fetzen (de) m Italian: pezzo (it), frammento (it) Japanese: 欠片 (ja) (かけら, kakera), 断片 (ja) (だんぺん, danpen) Latin: frustum n Maori: mara, kuha, tūāporo Polish: kawałek (pl) m, urywek (pl) m Portuguese: apara (pt) f, retalho (pt) m Romanian: rest (ro) n, capăt (ro) n Russian: кусо́чек (ru) m (kusóček), клочо́к (ru) m (kločók), обры́вок (ru) m (obrývok) (of paper), лоскуто́к (ru) m (loskutók) (of cloth) Scottish Gaelic: buineag f Spanish: resto (es) m

leftover food

Bulgarian: остатъци (bg) m pl (ostatǎci) Chinese: Mandarin: 殘羹剩飯／残羹剩饭 (zh) (cángēngshèngfàn) Czech: zbytky (cs) m Dutch: restjes (nl) pl, etensresten (nl) pl Finnish: ruoantähteet pl, tähteet (fi) French: restes (fr) m pl (de nourriture) Galician: ripote m, raspallo m, migalla (gl) f German: Reste (de) m pl, Speisereste (de) m, Essensreste (de) m pl Italian: avanzo (it), resto (it) m Japanese: 食べ残し (たべのこし, tabenokoshi) Maori: pakopako, parakai, paka, pakapaka Norwegian: Bokmål: levning m Polish: resztki pl Portuguese: restos (pt) m pl, sobras Romanian: resturi (ro) n pl Russian: объе́дки (ru) m pl (obʺjédki), оста́тки (ru) m pl (ostátki) (пищи), очи́стки (ru) m pl (očístki) Spanish: sobras (es) f pl, restos (es) m pl Vietnamese: thực phẩm thừa

crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat

discarded objects

Arabic: خُرْدَة‎ f (ḵurda) Belarusian: лом m (lom), металало́м m (mjetalalóm) Bulgarian: скрап (bg) m (skrap) Chinese: Mandarin: 廢物／废物 (zh) (fèiwù), 廢棄物／废弃物 (fèiqìwù), 廢鐵／废铁 (zh) (fèitiě) Czech: šrot (cs) m Danish: skrot (da) c or n Dutch: schroot (nl), oudroest (nl) Finnish: romu (fi) French: ferraille (fr) f Galician: ferragancho m, ferrancho m Georgian: ჯართი (ǯarti) German: Altmaterial n, Altmetall (de) n, Schrott (de) m, Abfall (de) m Greek: σκραπ (el) n (skrap) Italian: ferraglia (it) Japanese: 屑鉄 (くずてつ, kuzutetsu), 鉄屑 (てつくず, tetsukuzu), スクラップ (ja) (sukurappu) Korean: 스크랩 (ko) (seukeuraep) Lithuanian: metalo laužas m Malayalam: ആക്രി (ml) (ākri) Persian: قراضه‎ (fa) (qorâze) Polish: złom (pl) m Portuguese: sucata (pt) f Romanian: fier vechi (ro) Russian: лом (ru) m (lom), металлоло́м (ru) m (metallolóm), желе́зный лом m (želéznyj lom) Slovak: šrot m Spanish: chatarra (es) f Swedish: skrot (sv) n Turkish: hurda (tr) Ukrainian: брухт (uk) m (bruxt), металобру́хт m (metalobrúxt), лом (uk) m (lom)

offensive: Hispanic criminal

snare for catching birds

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.
   • 2020 May 20, John Crosse, “Soon to be gone... but never forgotten”, in Rail, page 63:

     Northern made much of the scrapping of the first of the Pacers (142005), and to date 35 of its Class 142s have been scrapped, with a further 11 off-lease at Gascoigne Wood.

5. (transitive) To make into scrap.
   • 1939 September, D. S. Barrie, “The Railways of South Wales”, in Railway Magazine, page 165:

     Standing on the mountain above Caerphilly, one may reflect upon the gap where once stood Llanbradach Viaduct, and look near at hand upon the restored ruins of Caerphilly Castle; man labours to rebuild the mediaeval whilst he ruthlessly scraps the modern.

Derived terms

• scrapper

Translations

to discard

Arabic: يتخلى‎, نبذ‎ Bulgarian: изхвърлям (bg) (izhvǎrljam) Chinese: Mandarin: 廢棄／废弃 (zh) (fèiqì) Finnish: romuttaa (fi), hylätä (fi) German: wegwerfen (de), verschrotten (de) Italian: buttare via Polish: wyrzucać (pl) impf, wyrzucić (pl) pf Romanian: arunca (ro) Russian: списывать (ru) impf (spisyvatʹ), списать (ru) pf (spisatʹ)

to dispose at the scrapyard

Bulgarian: давам за скрап (davam za skrap) Finnish: romuttaa (fi) German: verschrotten (de), abwracken (de) Italian: smaltire, rottamare (it) 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

Bulgarian: сбиване (bg) n (sbivane) Chinese: Mandarin: 打架 (zh) (dǎjià) Finnish: nujakka, nahina French: litige (fr) m 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 Bulgarian: сбивам се (sbivam se) Finnish: tapella (fi), nahistella (fi)

Anagrams

• APCRs, Carps, RSPCA, carps, craps, parcs, pracs, scarp