English Explanatory Dictionary

scrab

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To scrape or scratch.
noun
  1. A crabapple.

Pronunciation

/skɹæb/

Word forms

scrab scrabs scrabbing scrabbed

Etymology

From Middle French and Old French schrabben (“to scrape, scratch”), from Frankish *skaban, from Proto-Germanic *skabaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- (“to scratch”); compare Old High German skaban, Irish scríobann and sgrìoban.

Derived words

scrabbed eggs scrabber
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