English Explanatory Dictionary

scran

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Food, especially that of an inferior quality; grub.
  2. Refuse; rubbish.
verb
  1. To eat.
  2. To steal in a mischievous manner; pinch, nick.

Pronunciation

/skɹan/ En-au-scran.ogg

Word forms

scran skran scrans scranning scranned

Etymology

Probably of North Germanic origin, from or cognate with Old Norse skran (“rubbish; marine stores”). Compare Icelandic skran (“junk”), Danish skrammel (“junk, lumber”). Doublet of scrawn.

Synonyms

scrawn aliment bait belly-timber chow comestibles cuisine eatables eats edibles feed fodder foodstuffs food grub kai meals meat munchable nibbles nosebag nosh nourishment om nom nom provender provisions rations scran stodge sustenance tiffin tucker tuck viands victuals vittles

Derived words

bad scran to someone scrannish
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