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scum
English
Alternative forms
- skum (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English scum, scome, skum, skome, scumme, from Middle Dutch sch?me (“foam”), from Proto-Germanic *sk?maz (“froth, foam”), from Proto-Indo-European *skew- (“to cover, conceal”). Cognate with Dutch schuim (“foam”), German Schaum (“foam”), Danish and Swedish skum (“foam”). Compare also French écume (“scum”), Italian schiuma (“foam”), Walloon schome (“scum, foam”), Lithuanian šamas (“catfish”) and skanus (“tasty”) from the same Germanic source. Related to skim.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sk?m/
- Rhymes: -?m
Noun
scum (countable and uncountable, plural scums)
- (uncountable) A layer of impurities that accumulates at the surface of a liquid (especially molten metal or water).
- (uncountable) A greenish water vegetation (such as algae), usually found floating on the surface of ponds
- The topmost liquid layer of a cesspool or septic tank.
- (uncountable, slang, chiefly US) semen
- (derogatory, slang) A reprehensible person or persons.
Synonyms
- (layer of impurities): dross, impurities
- (layer of impurities on molten metal): cinder, scoriae, slag
- (person considered reprehensible): bastard
Derived terms
- scumbag
- scummy
- scum of the earth
Translations
Verb
scum (third-person singular simple present scums, present participle scumming, simple past and past participle scummed)
- To remove the layer of scum from (a liquid etc.).
- To remove (something) as scum.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vii:
- Some scumd the drosse, that from the metall came; / Some stird the molten owre with ladles great […].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vii:
- To become covered with scum.
- 1769, Elizabeth Raffald, The Experienced English House-keeper, pp.321-322:
- Take the smallest Cucumbers you can get, and as free from Spots as possible, put them into a strong Salt and Water for nine or ten Days, or 'till they are quite Yellow, and stir them twice a Day at least, or they will scum over, and grow soft
- 1769, Elizabeth Raffald, The Experienced English House-keeper, pp.321-322:
- (obsolete) To scour (the land, sea etc.).
- (obsolete) To gather together, as scum.
- 1815, Rudolf Ackerman and Frederic Shoberl, The Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions and Politics:
- A great majority of the members are scummed together from the Jacobinical dregs of former periods of the revolution.
- 1815, Rudolf Ackerman and Frederic Shoberl, The Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions and Politics:
- (video games, informal) To startscum or savescum.
Translations
Anagrams
- CMUs, MCUs, USMC, cums
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suds
English
Etymology
From the plural of sud, a variant of sod (“a bubbling or boiling”), equivalent to sud +? -s. Related to seethe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?dz/
Noun
suds (uncountable)
- Lather; foam or froth formed by mixing soap and water.
- (slang) beer
- We went out for some pizza and suds.
Usage notes
- Sometimes treated as uncountable ("too much suds") and sometimes as plural ("too many suds").
Derived terms
- oversuds
- soapsuds
- suds up
Translations
Verb
suds (third-person singular simple present sudses, present participle sudsing, simple past and past participle sudsed)
- (transitive) To cover with, or as if with, soapsuds.
- We sudsed the car before washing it down until it gleamed like new.
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