scrap
/skrˈæp/
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Definitions
Noun
a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye"
Noun
worthless material that is to be disposed of
Noun
a small piece of something that is left over after the rest has been used; "she jotted it on a scrap of paper"; "there was not a scrap left"
Noun
the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap"
Verb
dispose of (something useless or old); "trash these old chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer"
Verb
have a disagreement over something; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These two fellows are always scrapping over something"
Verb
make into scrap or refuse; "scrap the old airplane and sell the parts"
Synonyms
More General Terms
argue
battle
cast aside
cast away
cast out
chuck out
conflict
contend
convert
debate
discard
dispose
fence
fling
fragment
piece
put away
struggle
throw away
throw out
toss
toss away
toss out
waste
waste material
waste matter
waste product
More Specific Terms
affaire d''honneur
affray
banging
battering
beating
brawl
brush
clash
close-quarter fighting
cut-and-thrust
debris
detritus
disturbance
dogfight
duel
dust
encounter
exfoliation
fall out
fencing
fistfight
fisticuffs
fray
free-for-all
gang fight
gunfight
gunplay
hassle
impact
in-fighting
junk
knife fight
litter
matchwood
polemicise
polemicize
polemise
polemize
rough-and-tumble
rubble
ruffle
rumble
scale
scrap metal
scuffle
scurf
set-to
shock
shootout
single combat
skirmish
sliver
slugfest
snickersnee
spat
splinter
tussle
whipping
wrangle