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scrap
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sk?æp/
- Rhymes: -æp
Etymology 1
Middle English scrappe, from Old Norse skrap, from skrapa (“to scrape, scratch”), from Proto-Germanic *skrap?n?, *skrepan? (“to scrape, scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *skreb-, *skrep- (“to engrave”)
Noun
scrap (plural scraps)
- A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
- 1852, Thomas De Quincey, Sir William Hamilton (published in Hogg's Instructor)
- I have no materials — not a scrap.
- I found a scrap of cloth to patch the hole.
- 1852, Thomas De Quincey, Sir William Hamilton (published in Hogg's Instructor)
- (usually in the plural) Leftover food.
- Give the scraps to the dogs and watch them fight.
- The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat.
- pork scraps
- (uncountable) Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.
- (Britain, in the plural) A piece of deep-fried batter left over from frying fish, sometimes sold with chips.
- (ethnic slur, offensive) A Hispanic criminal, especially a Mexican or one affiliated with the Sureno gang.
- (obsolete) A snare for catching birds.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
scrap (third-person singular simple present scraps, present participle scrapping, simple past and past participle scrapped)
- (transitive) To discard.
- (transitive, of a project or plan) To stop working on indefinitely.
- (intransitive) To scrapbook; to create scrapbooks.
- (transitive) To dispose of at a scrapyard.
- (transitive) To make into scrap.
Derived terms
- scrapper
Translations
Etymology 2
Unknown
Noun
scrap (plural scraps)
- A fight, tussle, skirmish.
- We got in a little scrap over who should pay the bill.
Translations
Verb
scrap (third-person singular simple present scraps, present participle scrapping, simple past and past participle scrapped)
- to fight
Translations
Anagrams
- APCRs, Carps, RSPCA, carps, craps, parcs, pracs, scarp
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tiff
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?f/
- Rhymes: -?f
Etymology 1
Originally, a sniff, sniffing; compare Icelandic word for a smell.
Noun
tiff (plural tiffs)
- A small argument; a petty quarrel.
- Liquor; especially, a small draught of liquor.
Translations
Verb
tiff (third-person singular simple present tiffs, present participle tiffing, simple past and past participle tiffed)
- (intransitive) To quarrel.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:squabble
- 1846, Walter Savage Landor, untitled
- She tiff'd at Tim, she ran from Ralph.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English tiffen, Old French tiffer, tifer ("to bedizen"; > Modern French attifer), from Frankish *tipf?n, *tipp?n (“to decorate”), perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *tuppaz (“top, tip”). Compare Dutch tippen (“to clip the points or ends of the hair”), Old Norse tippa (“point, tip”), English tip (noun), Middle High German zipfen (“to prance; skip; sashay; bob; flutter; frisk”).
Verb
tiff (third-person singular simple present tiffs, present participle tiffing, simple past and past participle tiffed)
- (obsolete, transitive) To deck out; to dress.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of A. Tucker to this entry?)
Etymology 3
Verb
tiff (third-person singular simple present tiffs, present participle tiffing, simple past and past participle tiffed)
- (British India, intransitive) To have lunch.
- 1841, The Asiatic journal and monthly register
- Besides that one to which the permanent residence was attached, Mr. Augustus had several outlaying factories, which he visited from time to time, to superintend the manufacture of his indigo; at all of these he had little bungalows, or temporary abodes, where we tiffed and passed the heat of the day.
- 1841, The Asiatic journal and monthly register
Related terms
- tiffin
Anagrams
- fift
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