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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
scrap1
noun
  • 1 a small piece or amount of something, especially one that is left over after the greater part has been used.

    ■ (scraps) bits of uneaten food left after a meal.

  • 2 material, especially metal, discarded for reprocessing.
verb (scraps, scrapping, scrapped)
  • 1 remove (an old or redundant vehicle, vessel, or machine) from use or service, especially so as to convert it to scrap metal.
  • 2 abolish or cancel (a plan, policy, or law).
– origin ME: from ON skrap ‘scraps’; rel. to skrapa ‘to scrape’.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
scrap2 informal
noun a fight or quarrel, especially a minor or spontaneous one. verb (scraps, scrapping, scrapped) engage in a minor fight or quarrel.

■ compete fiercely.

– derivatives
scrapper noun.
– origin C17 (as n. in the sense ‘sinister plot, scheme’): perh. from scrape.

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