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scrapsnoun1pl. of scrap 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 ends, fag ends, leftovers, oddments, remainders, remnants, stubs leavings, odds and ends, pickings, refuses, remains, residuals, residues, scrapings, stumps, vestigesbalances, restschips, flakes, fragments, pieces, slivers, splintersribbons, shreds, tatters wholes a broken or irregular part of something that often remains incompletea scrap of paper fluttered to the floor bits, fractions, fragments, pieces cantles, shreds, tattersends, leftovers, oddments, remainders, remnants, stubsportions, sections, segmentschips, flakes, shards, shatters, shivers, slivers, splintersclippings, parings, shavingsatoms, crumbs, dribbles, flecks, flyspecks, grains, granules, molecules, morsels, motes, nubbins, nuggets, particles, patches, scruples, snippets, snips, specks, tittles a very small piecebrushed away a scrap of lint atoms, bits, crumbs, dribbles, flecks, flyspecks, grains, granules, molecules, morsels, motes, nubbins, nuggets, particles, patches, scruples, snippets, snips, specks, tittles aces, dabs, dashes, driblets, drops, fractions, haets(chiefly Scottish), halfpence(or halfpennies), ha'pennies, iotas, jots, kennings(chiefly Scottish), licks, minims, mites, modicums, nutshells, ounces, pinches, shreds, smatters, smidgens(also smidgeons or smidgins or smidges), spots, strains, streaks, suspicions, tastes, touches, traces, whispers, whitsbites, mouthfuls, nibbles, tidbits(also titbits)fragments, parts, portions, sectionschips, flakes, shards, shivers, slivers, splintersclippings, parings, shavingssmithereens chunks, gobs, hunks, lumps, slabsabundances, barrels, buckets, bushels, deals, heaps, loads, masses, mountains, pecks, piles, pots, profusions, quantities, rafts, scads, stacks, volumes, wads, wealths scrapsnoun2pl. of scrapan often noisy or angry expression of differing opinionsthe state legislature's annual scrap over the budget altercations, argle-bargles(chiefly British), arguments, argy-bargies(chiefly British), battles royal(or battle royals or battles royale or battle royales), bickers, brawls, contretemps, controversies, cross fires, disagreements, disputes, donnybrooks, fallings-out(or falling-outs), fights, hassles, imbroglios, kickups, misunderstandings, quarrels, rhubarbs, rows, set-tos, spats, squabbles, tiffs, wrangles clashes, run-ins, skirmishes, tangles, tussleslogomachiesfeuds, vendettasattacks, contentions, dissensions(also dissentions)debates, differences, disputationsfusses, objections, protestations, protestsaffrays(chiefly British), fisticuffs, fracases(or British fracas), frays, free-for-alls, melees(also mêlées)catfights a physical dispute between opposing individuals or groupsseveral drunken revelers were involved in a scrap outside of the nightclub battles, clashes, combats, conflicts, contests, dustups, fights, fracases(or British fracas), frays, hassles, scrimmages, scrums, scuffles, skirmishes, struggles, tussles pitched battles, rough-and-tumblesaffrays(chiefly British), battles royal(or battle royals or battles royale or battle royales), brawls, broils, donnybrooks, free-for-alls, melees(also mêlées), mix-ups, ruckuses, ructionsblows, fistfights, fisticuffs, grapples, handgrips, punch-outs, punch-ups(chiefly British), slugfestsconfrontations, duels, face-offs, joustsaltercations, argle-bargles(chiefly British), arguments, argy-bargies(chiefly British), contretemps, controversies, cross fires, disagreements, disputes, fallings-out(or falling-outs), kickups, misunderstandings, quarrels, rows, spats, squabbles, tangles, tiffs, wranglescatfights truces scrapsverb1present tense third-person singular of scrapto express different opinions about something often angrilythe young couple often scrapped about money and their very disparate spending habits altercates, argues, argufies, bickers, brabbles, brawls, controverts, disputes, falls out, fights, hassles, jars, quarrels, quibbles, rows, spats, squabbles, tiffs, wrangles challenges, dares, defiesclashes, contends, contests, tanglescavils, fusses, nitpicksconsiders, debates, discusseskicks, objects, protests bandies words, butts heads, locks horns, mixes it up coexists, gets alongaccepts, agrees, assents, concurs, consents scrapsverb2present tense third-person singular of scrapto get rid of as useless or unwantedwe've decided to scrap the second car cashiers, casts (off), chucks, deep-sixes, discards, ditches, dumps, eighty-sixes(or 86es), exorcises(also exorcizes), flings (off or away), jettisons, junks, lays by, loses, pitches, rejects, sheds, shucks (off), sloughs (off)also sluffs (off), throws away, throws out, tosses, unloads abandons, abdicates, deserts, forsakesdismisses, kicks outabolishes, annihilates, eliminates, eradicates, expunges, exterminates, extinguishes, extirpates, liquidates, removes, roots (out), stamps (out), wipes out disposes of, sets aside adopts, embraces, takes onemploys, uses, utilizesholds, holds back, keeps, retains 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 abandons, aborts, calls, calls off, cancels, cries off, drops, recalls, repeals, rescinds, revokes, scrubs abrogates, annuls, invalidates, nullifies, voids, writes offrecants, retracts, takes back, withdrawscountermands, reverses, rolls backbreaks off, discontinues, ends, halts, stops, terminatesholds back, interrupts, suspendsgives up, relinquishes, surrenders continues, keeps engages, pledges, promisesbegins, commences, initiates, startstakes on, takes up, undertakes |