scrapper
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- noun
- /ˈskræpər/
- Informal
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- The scrapper proved himself in the ring, earning respect for his fierce fighting style.
- a real scrapper
And then there's the guy, a guy like me, who I was much more of a high pace scrapper than I was a technician.
- And then there's the guy, a guy like me, who I was much more of a high pace scrapper than I was a technician.
- Then my dad was a bit of a scrapper, a bit of a boy, and mum made a move move away from where all the trouble was.
Examples
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Say, he's some little scrapper.
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What a scrapper we have here.
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You were such a scrapper.
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I often hear his critics say that Americans like a scrapper.
Blog text (12) -
The best little scrapper, pound-for-pound, you ever saw.
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They were a pair of scrappers, she and Martin.
Fiction book (1995) -
By reputation, Weston was a tough scrapper, which was necessary to champion a controversial project like Mirage.
Fiction book (2002) -
From what I've seen, Irish guys are insane scrappers.
Blog text (13) -
As a teenager, he was known as a scrapper who would stand up to anyone who challenged him.
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Everyone knew her as a scrapper who would never back down from a challenge or a fight.
Synonyms
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A person who fights for a cause or as a job
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A person who takes part in fighting, often a soldier in a war
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A person who fights roughly in places like bars
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A person who fights with their fists, often as a professional boxer
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A person who fights in a battle or keeps fighting through hard times
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A person, group, or country taking part in a war
A person who takes part in a short rough fight
A person who uses aggressive, unfair methods to win in business or politics
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Scrapper for a fighter comes from the word scrap, which people use for a 'small fight' or quarrel, and the ending -er meaning 'one who'. So a scrapper is literally 'one who gets into scraps' and is ready to fight.