scrap

noun

1. 1

   A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.

   I found a scrap of cloth to patch the hole.

   I have no materials — not a scrap.

2. 2

   A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion. The smallest amount.

   I don't care a scrap.

   “I don't mind anything. I don't mind your being technically German a scrap. All I think is that it was a little—well, perhaps a little excessive to marry another German when you had done it once already. […]”

3. 3

   Leftover food.

   Give the scraps to the animals: any meat to the dogs, and the rest to the hogs.

4. 4

   The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat.

   pork scraps

5. 5

   Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.

   That car isn't good for anything but scrap.

   “We need a set of wheels to carry out this plan of yours.” “Queenie?” “We need her now more than ever.” “Will she still be in the field where we left her?” “No, no, no. The fuzz will have towed her away by now.” “Where will she be, then?” “They will have sold the old girl off for scrap.”

6. 6

   A piece of deep-fried batter left over from frying fish, sometimes sold with chips.

7. 7

   Loose-leaf tobacco of a low grade, such as sweepings left over from handling higher grades.

8. 8

   A Hispanic criminal, especially a Mexican or one affiliated with the Sureno gang.

9. 9

   obsoleteA snare for catching birds.

verb

1. 1

   To discard; to get rid of.

   The party plans to scrap the military-drafted constitution, and bring the army's many business interests under the Ministry of Finance.

   "The wire is probably at the station." "True; you said 10.45. Well, what do you propose doing now?" "Scrapping all our arrangements and recovering the papers without arresting Slater."

2. 2

   To stop working on (a project or plan) indefinitely.

3. 3

   To scrapbook; to create scrapbooks.

4. 4

   To dispose of at a scrapyard.

   Northern made much of the scrapping of the first of the Pacers (142005), and to date 35 of its Class 142s have been scrapped, with a further 11 off-lease at Gascoigne Wood.

5. 5

   To make into scrap.

   Standing on the mountain above Caerphilly, one may reflect upon the gap where once stood Llanbradach Viaduct, and look near at hand upon the restored ruins of Caerphilly Castle; man labours to rebuild the mediaeval whilst he ruthlessly scraps the modern.

noun

1. 1

   A fight, tussle, skirmish.

   We got in a little scrap over who should pay the bill.

verb

1. 1

   to fight

   Oh yeah! Keep it spicy! You know I love a good tussle, Gonzales! Keep on scrappin', son! 'Course, it ain't gonna do you much good in the end.

Forms

plural

scraps

past tense

scrapped

past participle

scrapped

present participle

scrapping

third person singular

scraps