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scrapnoun1 an unused or unwanted piece or item typically of small size or valueonly a scrap of silk was left on the sewing table after they had finished the project end, fag end, leftover, oddment, remainder, remnant, stub leavings, odds and ends, pickings, refuse, remains, residual, residue, scraping(s), stump, vestigebalance, restchip, flake, fragment, piece, sliver, splinterribbon(s), shred, tatter whole a broken or irregular part of something that often remains incompletea scrap of paper fluttered to the floor bit, fraction, fragment, piece cantle, shred, tatterend, leftover, oddment, remainder, remnant, stubportion, section, segmentchip, flake, shard, shatter, shiver, sliver, splinterclipping, paring, shavingatom, crumb, dribble, fleck, flyspeck, grain, granule, molecule, morsel, mote, nubbin, nugget, particle, patch, scruple, snip, snippet, speck, tittle a very small piecebrushed away a scrap of lint atom, bit, crumb, dribble, fleck, flyspeck, grain, granule, molecule, morsel, mote, nubbin, nugget, particle, patch, scruple, snip, snippet, speck, tittle ace, dab, dash, driblet, drop, fraction, haet(chiefly Scottish), halfpenny, ha'penny, iota, jot, kenning(chiefly Scottish), lick, minim, mite, modicum, nutshell, ounce, pinch, shred, smatter, smidgen(also smidgeon or smidgin or smidge), spot, strain, streak, suspicion, taste, touch, trace, whisper, whitbite, mouthful, nibble, tidbit(also titbit)fragment, part, portion, sectionchip, flake, shard, shiver, sliver, splinterclipping, paring, shavingsmithereens chunk, gob, hunk, lump, slababundance, barrel, bucket, bushel, deal, heaps, loads, mass, mountain, peck, pile, pot, profusion, quantity, raft, scads, stack, volume, wad, wealth discarded or useless materialthe rest of this stuff is just scrap, so sweep it up and throw it away chaff, deadwood, debris, dreck(also drek), dross, dust, effluvium(also effluvia), garbage, junk, litter, offal, offscouring, raffle, refuse, riffraff, rubbish, spilth, trash, truck, waste crud, sewage, slop, swill, washdetritus, remains, rubble, ruinsdump, scrap heaplumber, odds and ends, trumperyflotsam, jetsam, wreckagecastoff, cull, discard, hand-me-down, reject, throwawaynothing, straw, two bits catch, gem, goody(or goodie), jewel, pearl, plum, prize, treasure, treasure trove, trove, valuablebooty, find, salvage scrapnoun2an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinionsthe state legislature's annual scrap over the budget altercation, argle-bargle(chiefly British), argument, argy-bargy(chiefly British), battle royal, bicker, brawl, contretemps, controversy, cross fire, disagreement, dispute, donnybrook, falling-out, fight, hassle, imbroglio, kickup, misunderstanding, quarrel, rhubarb, row, set-to, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle clash, run-in, skirmish, tangle, tusslelogomachyfeud, vendettaattack, contention, dissension(also dissention)debate, difference, disputationfuss, objection, protest, protestationaffray(chiefly British), fisticuffs, fracas, fray, free-for-all, melee(also mêlée)catfight a physical dispute between opposing individuals or groupsseveral drunken revelers were involved in a scrap outside of the nightclub battle, clash, combat, conflict, contest, dustup, fight, fracas, fray, hassle, scrimmage, scrum, scuffle, skirmish, struggle, tussle pitched battle, rough-and-tumbleaffray(chiefly British), battle royal, brawl, broil, donnybrook, free-for-all, melee(also mêlée), mix-up, ruckus, ructionblows, fistfight, fisticuffs, grapple, handgrips, punch-out, punch-up(chiefly British), slugfestconfrontation, duel, face-off, joustaltercation, argle-bargle(chiefly British), argument, argy-bargy(chiefly British), contretemps, controversy, cross fire, disagreement, dispute, falling-out, kickup, misunderstanding, quarrel, row, spat, squabble, tangle, tiff, wranglecatfight truce scrapverb1to express different opinions about something often angrilythe young couple often scrapped about money and their very disparate spending habits altercate, argue, argufy, bicker, brabble, brawl, controvert, dispute, fall out, fight, hassle, jar, quarrel, quibble, row, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle challenge, dare, defyclash, contend, contest, tanglecavil, fuss, nitpickconsider, debate, discusskick, object, protest bandy words, butt heads, lock horns, mix it up coexist, get alongaccept, agree, assent, concur, consent scrapverb2to get rid of as useless or unwantedwe've decided to scrap the second car cashier, cast (off), chuck, deep-six, discard, ditch, dump, eighty-six(or 86), exorcise(also exorcize), fling (off or away), jettison, junk, lay by, lose, pitch, reject, shed, shuck (off), slough (off)also sluff (off), throw away, throw out, toss, unload abandon, abdicate, desert, forsakedismiss, kick outabolish, annihilate, eliminate, eradicate, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, liquidate, remove, root (out), stamp (out), wipe out dispose of, set aside adopt, embrace, take onemploy, use, utilizehold, hold back, keep, retain to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)we scrapped our plans to go to Paris, and set out the next day for Prague abandon, abort, call, call off, cancel, cry off, drop, recall, repeal, rescind, revoke, scrub abrogate, annul, invalidate, nullify, void, write offrecant, retract, take back, withdrawcountermand, reverse, roll backbreak off, discontinue, end, halt, stop, terminatehold back, interrupt, suspendgive up, relinquish, surrender continue, keep engage, pledge, promisebegin, commence, initiate, starttake on, take up, undertake v.discard, cast, shed, slough, scrap, junk mean to get rid of.discard implies the letting go or throwing away of something that has become useless or superfluous though often not intrinsically valueless.discard old clothes cast, especially when used with off, away, or out, implies a forceful rejection or repudiation.cast off her friends shed and slough imply a throwing off of something both useless and encumbering and often suggest a consequent renewal of vitality or luster.shed a bad habit finally sloughed off the depression scrap and junk imply throwing away or breaking up as worthless in existent form.scrap all the old ways would junk our educational system in the 14th century |