• SCROACH
vb. to scorch …1720 Sc.
• SCROACKER
n. a miserly person …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCROANCH
vb. to scrape …1885 Eng. dial.
• SCROBBLE
n. 1. a quarrel, a squabble …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a scramble …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a scratching; a pawing, as a dog …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
n. 4. a scribbling; a scrawl …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
n. 5. a state of difficulty or trouble; a ‘scrape’ …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
n. 6. a tangle, a ravel …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to scramble, to climb, to crawl on hands and knees; to walk about with difficulty; to struggle …1876 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to struggle hard for a livelihood; to work hard with small success; to ‘rub along’ as best one can …1890 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to entangle; to ravel …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to scratch; to paw, as a dog …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
vb. 5. to scribble, to scrawl …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCROBE
vb. to scratch …Bk1904 Sc.
• SCROBY
adj. mean, stingy, niggardly …1881 Eng. dial.
• SCROFF
n. 1. odds and ends; rubbish, refuse, waste …1842 Eng. dial.
n. 2. an idle, worthless fellow; a wastrel …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
vb. to shuffle; to hobble about with difficulty, as one ill or infirm …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCROFFLE
vb. to shuffle; to hobble about with difficulty, as one ill or infirm …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCROFFLING FEET
n. feet covered with corns …1899 Eng. dial.
• SCROG
adj. stunted; covered with bushes …1867 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 1. a stunted or crooked tree, shrub, or branch; a stump of a tree-trunk; a thorn-bush; underwood, ‘scrub’ …1677 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 2. the refuse of wood; broken boughs, leaves, etc. …1886 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a fragment …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
n. 4. a long, crooked, scraggy limb …Bk1904 Sc.
n. 5. a quarrel, a dispute …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to boast; to praise …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to gather stray apples left on the trees after the main crop has been gathered …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to damage; to wreak havoc with …1975 Amer. dial.
• SCROGGAN
n. a worthless person …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCROGGED
adj. 1. of vegetation: thorny, twisted, stunted …1814 Sc. & Eng. dial.
adj. 2. bankrupt, ‘cleared out’ …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCROGGINGS
n. small or stray applies left on the trees after the main crop has been gathered …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCROGGINS!
int. an interjection used to express astonishment …1833 Eng. dial. obs.
• SCROGGLINGS
n. small or stray applies left on the trees after the main crop has been gathered …1876 Eng. dial.
• SCROGGY
adj. 1. stunted, thorny; having rough, stunted branches or bushes; abounding in underwood …1789 Sc. & Eng. dial.
adj. 2. ill-thriven …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCROG-LEGS
n. bandy legs; crooked shanks …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCROIL
vb. to clean, to rub down …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCROILS
n. brittle twigs …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCROINOCH
n. 1. a shrill cry; a yell; a noise, a tumult; a noisy fuss …1790 Sc.
n. 2. a noisy person …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
vb. to shout, to screech, to yell; to make a noisy disturbance …1820 Sc.
• SCROMP
vb. to have sex …1993 US sl.
• SCRONCH
vb. 1. to crush; to crunch; to grind between the teeth; hence, to eat …1828 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to have sexual intercourse with a woman …1926 Amer. dial.
• SCRONCHER
n. a scorpion …1950 Amer. dial.
• SCRONCHING
n. sexual intercourse …1999 Amer. dial.
• SCRONCHOUS
adj. 1. first-rate, excellent …M19 sl., orig. US
adj. 2. enjoyable …1935 Amer. dial.
adj. 3. fleshy, stout …1947 Amer. dial.
• SCRONTIOUS
adj. 1. enjoyable …1935 Amer. dial.
adj. 2. fleshy, stout …1947 Amer. dial.
• SCROOBLY
adj. messy, mussy, untidy …1916 Amer. dial.
• SCROOCH
adj. drunk …1920s African-American sl.
vb. 1. to contract, to squeeze, to draw up (esp. a part of the body) …1851 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to crouch, to cringe, to draw oneself in; to shrink (back, down, etc.) …1860 Amer. dial.
vb. 3. to force, push, or squeeze one’s way; to crowd over …1909 Amer. dial.
vb. 4. to dance extremely close to someone; to snuggle up …1920s African-American sl.
vb. 5. to crush, to push …1943 Amer. dial.
vb. 6. to narrow the eyes, to squint …1965 Amer. dial.
• SCROOCH AROUND
vb. to fidget, to squirm …1939 Amer. dial.
• SCROOCH DOWN
vb. to crouch down …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SCROOCHED TOGETHER
adj. crowded, packed …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCROOCHED UP
adj. crowded, packed …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCROOCH UP
vb. to huddle up, to crowd together …1927 Amer. dial.
• SCROOGE
vb. 1. to crouch, to cringe, to draw oneself in …1892 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to squeeze one’s way; to crowd, to push …1904 Amer. dial.
• SCROOGY
adj. uncanny, horrid, weird …1911 Amer. dial.
• SCROOMATICS
n. rheumatism …1895 Eng. dial.
• SCROONCH
vb. to crouch, to hunch; to shrink or squeeze oneself into a small space …1925 Amer. dial.
• SCROOTCH
vb. to wiggle, to fidget, to squirm …1939 Amer. dial.
• SCROPE
n. a farthing (1/4d) … Bk1903 sl.
• SCROTE
n. an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1977 Brit. sl.
• SCROUCH
vb. 1. to squeeze in, to crowd together …1844 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to crouch, to hunch, to draw oneself in …1885 Amer. dial.
• SCROUCHER
n. an unpleasant or despicable person …1901 Aust. sl.
• SCROUGE
n. 1. someone or something large or forceful …M19 sl., orig. US
n. 2. one who drives a hard bargain …1890 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a push or shove …1954 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. to crowd, to push again; to force into, out of, etc. a crowded space …1789 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to force, push or squeeze one’s way; to crowd …1798 Amer. dial.
vb. 3. to be pushy or demanding; to struggle against difficulties …1830 Amer. dial.
vb. 4. to encroach on, to take advantage of, to cheat …1884 Amer. dial.
vb. 5. to drive a hard bargain with …1890 Amer. dial.
vb. 6. to crouch, to stoop down …1930 Amer. dial.
• SCROUGED UP
adj. of the eyes: contracted, narrowed …1909 Amer. dial.
• SCROUGER
n. someone or something large or forceful …M19 sl., orig. US
• SCROUNCH
vb. to squeeze oneself into a small space …1968 Amer. dial.
• SCROUNCH DOWN
vb. to squeeze oneself into a small space …1968 Amer. dial.
• SCROUNGE
n. 1. a search, a hunt …1910s sl.
n. 2. a derogatory term for a person …1930s US sl.
vb. 1. to cadge …M19
vb. 2. to steal …1910s Aust. sl.
vb. 3. to crouch, to hunch down …1950 Amer. dial.
vb. 4. to force or squeeze one’s way into a small space; to encroach on …1953 Amer. dial.
vb. 5. to hunt about, to rummage …1960s sl.
• SCROUNGER
n. one who cadges from others …M19
• SCROUNGY
adj. 1. inferior, second-rate…20C US sl.
adj. 2. unpleasant; deplorable …1948 sl., orig. & chiefly US
adj. 3. dirty, filthy …1949 sl., orig. & chiefly US
adj. 4. disgusting …1959 sl., orig.& chiefly US
• SCROUPERIZE
vb. to have sexual intercourse …M17 sl.
• SCROUSHER
n. 1. a worn-out prospector …M19 Aust. & NZ sl.
n. 2. a prostitute …20C Aust. & NZ sl.
n. 3. an unpleasant or despicable person …1901 Aust. sl.
• SCROWCHER
n. an unpleasant or despicable person …1901 Aust. sl.
• SCROWD
vb. to crowd …1789 Amer. dial.
• SCROWDGE
n. one who drives a hard bargain …1890 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. to crowd, to push again; to force into, out of, etc. a crowded space …1789 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to drive a hard bargain with …1890 Amer. dial.
• SCROWGE
vb. to be pushy or demanding; to struggle against difficulties …1830 Amer. dial.
• SCROYLE
n. a mean fellow; a rascal, a scoundrel, a wretch; a term of contempt …1595 obs.
• SCRUB
n. 1. a promiscuous woman …1900 sl., derogatory
n. 2. any mean or ill-conditioned person or thing …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
n. 3. an inferior student …Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
n. 4. a fool, a stupid person, a dumb individual …1980s African-American sl.
vb. to reprimand …1911 services’ sl., chiefly naval
• SCRUBBER
n. 1. a prostitute …1959 sl.
n. 2. in sports: a second-rate player or competitor …1974 Aust. & NZ sl.
• SCRUB IT!
int. forget it! ignore it! cancel it! …1940s sl.
• SCRUBOUT
n. a weekly mass cleaning …2003 Antarctica usage
• THE SCRUBS
n. Wormwood Scrubs prison, London …20C UK police & criminals’ usage
• SCRUB THE SLATE CLEAN
vb. to cancel or ignore the past and start again …L19 US sl.
• SCRUB-TURKEY
n. 1. an itinerant who moves around the Australian bush; his long absence from urban life may have rendered him slightly eccentric …1950s Aust. sl.
n. 2. a contemptible woman …1950s Aust. sl.
• SCRUB UP WELL
vb. of a man: to look presentable despite being in the aftermath of a drunken night out; of a woman: to show good dress sense …1980s Aust. sl.
• SCRUCH
vb. to crouch, to cringe, to draw oneself in; to shrink (back, down, etc.) …1860 Amer. dial.
• SCRUD
n. 1. a painful disease, esp. a venereal disease …1930s US sl., orig. military
n. 2. the junior member of a school …1990s UK juvenile sl.
• SCRUDGE
n. a prostitute …18C sl.
vb. to squeeze one’s way; to crowd, to push …1904 Amer. dial.
• SCRUFF
adj. messy, unkempt …1950s sl.
n. 1. scurf, dandruff …1899 Amer. dial.
n. 2. scum, dregs …1929 Amer. dial.
n. 3. an unkempt, messy person; an untidy person; also, a term of abuse …1950s sl.
n. 4. a contemptible person; an insignificant person …1968 Amer. dial.
n. 5. pornographic literature …1990s sl.
vb. 1. to hang …19C sl.
vb. 2. to attack, to manhandle …M19 Aust. sl.
vb. 3. to grab by the scruff of the neck …M19 Aust. sl.
• SCRUFF-BAG
n. 1. a down-and-out …1920s sl.
n. 2. a messy, unkempt person …1920s sl.
• SCRUFF-HOUND
n. a rough, tough person …1940s sl.
• SCRUFFO
n. an untidy person …1959 sl.
• THE SCRUFF OF THE EARTH
n. the rabble …1929 Amer. dial.
• SCRUFF PUPPY
n. a girl as the object of social and sexual desire …1988 US sl.
• SCRUFFY AND DIRTY
n. in betting: odds of 100 – 30 …1991 UK rhyming sl.
• SCRUGGLE
vb. to contend, struggle; to writhe with more or less force …1530 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SCRUM
adj. 1. of food: enjoyable, delicious …L19 sl.
adj. 2. fine, excellent, first-rate, splendid …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
adj. 3. resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 1. a threepenny piece …1894 Aust. sl.
n. 2. something of little or no value…1998 Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘thrum’ (threepenny bit)
• SCRUMBOTIOUS
adj. 1. first-class, wonderful, excellent, fine, delightful; often but not always used of food …1910s sl.
adj. 2. scrumptious …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
adj. 3. resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCRUMDIDDLIUMPTIOUS
adj. 1. excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
adj. 2. extremely delicious or delightful …2000 UK sl.
• SCRUMDIDLIUMPTOUS
adj. resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCRUMDIFFEROUS
adj. 1. very fine, splendid. excellent, first-rate …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
adj. 2. resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCRUMDOLIOUS
adj. wonderful, excellent; often but not always used of food …1910s sl.
• SCRUMDOODLE
adj. 1. very fine, splendid, excellent, first-rate …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
adj. 2. resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCRUMDUMPISH
adj. 1. fine, splendid, excellent, first-rate …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
adj. 2. resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCRUMMIE
adj. excellent; delicious …1915 UK sl.
• SCRUMMY
adj. 1. lice-ridden …1910s NZ sl.
adj. 2. delicious …1915 UK sl.
adj. 3. excellent, fine …1915 UK sl.
n. a threepenny piece …1894 Aust. sl.
• SCRUMP
n. sexual intercourse …1990s African-American & college sl.
vb. 1. to steal fruit, usually apples, from orchards …1866 UK sl.
vb. 2. to engage in an adulterous sexual relationship …1980s US college sl.
vb. 3. to neck; to have sexual intercourse …1980s US college sl.
• SCRUMPER
n. 1. one who steals apples from orchards …1946 UK sl.
n. 2. an adulterer …1980s US college sl.
• SCRUMPING
n. the act of stealing apples from orchards …1999 UK sl.
• SCRUMPLE
vb. to crumple …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SCRUMPLED
adj. 1. crumpled by squeezing …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
adj. 2. untidy, dirty …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCRUMPLICATE
vb. to beat up, to thrash, to defeat …L19 sl.
• SCRUMPTEDIDLEOUS
adj. 1. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – excellent, fine, first-rate
adj. 2. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – resplendently beautiful; gorgeous
• SCRUMPTION
n. 1867 Amer. dial. – a very small piece or quantity; a bit, a scrap
• SCRUMPTIOUS
adj. 1. 1881 sl., orig. US – delicious, extra-tasty
adj. 2. 1881 sl., orig. US – stylish, resplendently beautiful, gorgeous; handsome
adj. 3. M19 sl., orig. US – first-rate, excellent, delightful, fine
adj. 4. M19 sl., orig. US – fastidious, particular; hard to please
• SCRUNCH
n. 1920s Aust. sl. – food, esp. sweets
vb. 1. L19 sl. – to squeeze
vb. 2. 1900s African-American sl. – to stoop or crouch; to drop down low by bending at the knees
vb. 3. 1920s African-American sl. – to dance extremely close to someone; to snuggle up
• SCRUNCHER
n. L19 sl. – a glutton
• SCRUNGY
adj. 1974 sl., chiefly US – grimy, shabby
• SCRUNT
1967 Amer. dial.1967 Amer. dial. – the smallest pig in a litter; a runt
• SCRUNTY
adj. 1889 Amer. dial. – stunted, runty; measly; small
• SCRUPLE
vb. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – to rumple; to twist up; to wrinkle
• SCRUTATE
vb. 1882 rare – to search out, to investigate
• SCRUTATORY
adj. 1893 – searching, examining
• SCRUTCH
vb. 1860 Amer. dial. – to crouch, to cringe, to draw oneself in; to shrink (back, down, etc.)
• SCRUTE
vb. 1536 obs. rare – to scrutinize
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