scraper

scraper

English

Etymology

From scrape +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈskɹeɪpɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈskɹeɪpə/

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• Rhymes: -eɪpə(ɹ)

Noun

scraper (plural scrapers)

1. An instrument with which anything is scraped.
   1. An instrument by which the soles of shoes are cleaned from mud by drawing them across it.
      • 1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed‎:

        There is a scraper as well as a mat, and Mrs. Challenger is most particular.

   2. An instrument drawn by oxen, horses or a tractor, similar to a plow, that is used for scraping up earth in making or repairing roads, digging cellars, building canals, etc.
      • 1943 September and October, “Railway Construction and Operation at War Department Depots”, in Railway Magazine, page 262:

        A scraper is a large scoop, mounted on pneumatic-tyre wheels, in which earth is collected by a steel cutting-blade at the front, and from which the earth is dumped wherever required. It is operated by the driver of the caterpillar tractor which hauls it.

   3. An instrument having two or three sharp sides or edges for cleaning the planks, masts, or decks of a ship.
   4. In the printing press, a board or blade, the edge of which is made to rub over the tympan sheet, thus producing an impression.
   5. A hoe.
   6. A tool used by engravers.
   7. (archaeology) A prehistoric unifacial tool thought to have been used for hideworking and woodworking.
   8. Clipping of bellyscraper.
2. One who scrapes horns.
3. One who plays a violin incompetently, producing cacophonous sounds.
4. One who acquires avariciously and saves penuriously.
5. (archaic, colloquial) A cocked hat.
6. (computing) A program or process that scrapes data, such as a screen-scraper.

Derived terms

• bellyscraper
• bootscraper
• bowl scraper
• dough scraper
• earthscraper
• grill scraper
• pan scraper
• plate scraper
• screen-scraper
• shellfish scraper
• tractor-scraper

 

Translations

an instrument by which anything is scraped

Bashkir: ҡырғыс (qırğıs) Bulgarian: стъргалка f (stǎrgalka) Chinese: Mandarin: 刮刀 (zh) (guādāo) Czech: škrabka (cs) f Even: чөчун (cöcun) Finnish: raaputin, maalikaavin, skraba (fi), kaavin (fi), raappa (fi), raavin, raaputin, krapa French: grattoir (fr) m Galician: raspadeira f, rapa (gl) f Georgian: შაბერი (šaberi) German: Schaber (de) m, Kratzer (de) m Greek: Ancient: ξύστρα f (xústra) Italian: raschietto (it), raspa (it) Japanese: スクレーパー (sukurēpā) Kazakh: қырғыш (qyrğyş) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: renek Latin: scalprum n, grosa f Maltese: muftieħ m Maori: kota Ottoman Turkish: قاشاغی‎ (kaşağı) Polish: skrobaczka f, skrobak m Romanian: rașchetă (ro) f, răzuitoare f Russian: скребо́к (ru) m (skrebók) Scottish Gaelic: sgrìoban m Spanish: raspador m, rascador m, rasqueta (es) f Turkish: raspa (tr) Westrobothnian: skröpu f

Anagrams

• Carpers, carpers, scarper