scrap
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4.2
- noun
- /skræp/
- Informal
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pelea
- The team was ready to face any scrap that came their way during the tournament.
Yeah, like loads of little scraps, little tussles, arguments.
- Yeah, like loads of little scraps, little tussles, arguments.
- And it turned into a, like, a massive scrap, like a wow.
- They're just having their own individual scraps with imaginary enemies.
- Who do you think wins in a scrap, Ed Matthews or Bryce Hall?
- So we end up having this scrap, bro.
- Not only that, but Bryce Hall gets into a scrap.
- And actually that was the thing about the relegation scrap when I watched Everton.
- I feel like having just like we, you know, me and KSI have not spoken like properly since our scrap, since the fight and all that.
- And then I got into a few little scraps and I think he started to see that maybe I was in the blood, in the blood.
- But yeah, it was it was an environment where lads had had to fight scrap.
Examples
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That cherry hill gang are coming over here looking for a scrap.
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It's not as if you lads were ever that keen on getting in close for a scrap.
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That was quite a scrap last night.
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I heard that you and Tiger had a little scrap.
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You're more likely to just get into a scrap.
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And then I got into a few little scraps and I think he started to see that maybe I was in the blood, in the blood.
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Well, at least they'd know they'd been in a scrap.
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Yeah, like loads of little scraps, little tussles, arguments.
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I watched a small group of kids have a scrap over the last cookie in the jar.
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After a brief scrap at school, the two boys shook hands and made up.
Synonyms
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1.0
A physical struggle between people or groups, like a boxing match
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3.7
A short, rough fight between people, not usually serious
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3.7
A short, unimportant argument between people
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6.4
A brief unplanned fight between small groups, often during a larger conflict
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7.2
A short angry argument between people that is not very serious
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3.0
A small disagreement about something unimportant
A short minor fight between people that ends quickly
A quick, minor fight between people or animals
Antonyms
Compounds
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2.7
A small amount of leftover food from a meal that is given to animals or thrown away
How Violent
Surface Forms
Etymology
Scrap for a small fight may be linked to the idea of rough action or to the verb scrape meaning 'to rub roughly', so a helpful image is two people quickly grabbing or pushing over a small thing. That's why a scrap is a short, minor fight.