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scrubs

scrubs

2 9.5
A person who is new and not good at a game or sport
  • noun
  • /skrʌbz/
  • Offensive
: manco (informal, ofensivo)
  • In the online tournament, many players called him a scrub because of his poor performance.

Try being a walk on freshman scrub.

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Examples

  • And they let this scrub come back and dominate them in the fourth quarter.

  • OK, hey y'all, I just have a comment about the scrub abuse, the scrub fraud because I've had it too.

  • Shout out to the whole scrubs on scrubs scrubs, scrubs.

  • It reminded me of TL CS no scrubs plus a bit of Star Trek.

    Edward Avila

  • Despite their efforts, the team was filled with scrubs who struggled to keep up with the competition.

  • The coach frowned at his players, labeling them as scrubs for their lack of skill in the last match.

Synonyms

scrub
vsscrubs
  • Offensive
12 9.5

A person who is bad at a game and not respected

is used informally for people in online games and sports, often as an insult

Antonyms

pro
  • Informal
508 3.7

A person who is paid to do something they are very good at

expert
165 3.5

Very skilled and knowing a lot about a particular area

How Skilled

expert
165 3.5
professional
435 3.7
amateur
132 2.8
novice
51 3.4
scrubs
  • Offensive
2 9.5

Surface Forms

scrub singular
scrubs plural

Morphology

scrubs = scrub (opaque) = scrub + s

Although the plural formation is regular, the derogatory sense 'scrub' meaning an unskilled person is a slang/idiomatic sense not predictable from other senses like the verb 'to scrub' or the clothing sense.

Etymology

The slang scrubs for inexperienced or poor players comes from an older use of scrub meaning 'a weak or unimportant person', which may come from 'scrub' for low bushes on poor land; a helpful way to remember is to think of someone seen as not good at a game, which is why calling them a scrub means they are unskilled.