English Explanatory Dictionary

scum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A layer of impurities that accumulates at the surface of a liquid (especially molten metal or water).
  2. A greenish water vegetation (such as algae), usually found floating on the surface of ponds
  3. The topmost liquid layer of a cesspool or septic tank.
  4. Semen.
  5. A reprehensible person or persons.
verb
  1. To remove the layer of scum from (a liquid etc.).
  2. To remove (something) as scum.
  3. To become covered with scum.
  4. To scour (the land, sea, etc.).
  5. To gather together, as scum.
  6. To startscum or savescum.
name
  1. Acronym of Society for Cutting Up Men.

Pronunciation

/skʌm/ En-us-scum.ogg

Word forms

scum scums skum scumming scummed

Etymology

From Middle English scum, scome, skum, skome, scumme, from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch schūme (“foam”), from Old Dutch *scūm, from Frankish *skūm, from Proto-Germanic *skūmaz (“froth, foam”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover, conceal”). Cognate with Dutch schuim (“foam”), West Frisian skuum, German Schaum (“foam”), Danish and Swedish skum (“foam”). Compare also French écume (“scum”), Italian schiuma (“foam”), Saterland Frisian Skuum, Sicilian scuma (“foam”), Walloon schome (“scum, foam”), Lithuanian šamas (“catfish”) and skanus (“tasty”) from the same Germanic source. Related to skim.

Synonyms

dross impurity impurities cinder scoriae slag baby batter baby gravy balljuice boy juice cock juice cock snot come cream creme cum cumload cumshot cumwad dick juice dick milk dick snot ejaculate fuckjuice girl juice gruel jizz jism jissom knuckle children load love custard love juice mad milk man juice man milk milk muck scum seed seminal fluid skeet sperm spoof splooge spooge sprog spunk spurt wad white pee bastard assbag assbreath assbucket asscunt assface assfag assfaggot assfuck

Derived words

cyberscum descum Newscum offscum pond scum scrunge scumbag scumball scumbitch scumboard scumbreath scumbutt scumface scumfuck scumhead scumhole scumless scumlike scumlord scummer scummy scum of the earth scum-ridden scumshit scumsucker scumsucking scum valve scumwad scumware soap scum traumascum truscum
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