scrab

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skɹæb/
• Rhymes: -æb

Etymology 1

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.

Verb

scrab (third-person singular simple present scrabs, present participle scrabbing, simple past and past participle scrabbed)

1. (transitive) To scrape or scratch.

Derived terms

• scrabbed eggs
• scrabber

Translations

to scratch

Etymology 2

From Middle English scrabbe, variant of crabbe (“crabapple”); ultimately of Germanic origin, plausibly from North Germanic, cognate with Swedish dialect scrabba, krabbäpple.

Noun

scrab (plural scrabs)

1. A crabapple.

Anagrams

• carbs, cbars, crabs