SCRAGGLY – NOUNS, PERSON
– a scraggly or ugly person SCUZ; SCUZZ M20 US sl.
SCRAGGY – ADJECTIVES
– MAGER very lean, scraggy, emaciated …1866 Sc.
– SCABELY scraggy, untidy, naked-looking …1921 Sc.
– SCARE of a person: lean and scraggy …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRAGGLY adj. thin, scraggy …1900 Eng. dial.
– SCRANKY lean, lank, thin, scraggy; withered, wrinkled …1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SCRANNY thin, meagre, scraggy; withered, wrinkled …1878 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SCRANNY-LOOKING thin, meagre, scraggy; withered, wrinkled …1878 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SKRANKY lean, lank, thin, scraggy; withered, wrinkled …1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SKRANKY-LOOKING thin, scraggy in appearance …1891 Sc.
SCRAGGY – NOUNS, PERSON
– CATAMARAN an old, scraggy woman; a quarrelsome or offensive woman …1785 sl.
– OLD CATAMARAN an old, scraggy woman; a quarrelsome or offensive woman …1785 sl.
– WARBLE a lean, scraggy person …Bk1825 Sc.
SCRAMBLE, SCRAMBLING – ADJECTIVES
– RAMMACKING rambling, scrambling …19C Eng. dial.
SCRAMBLE etc. – NOUNS
– BLURRY a scuffle, a scramble …1856 Eng. dial.
– GRUSH a mad scramble of boys to get a coin or some similar gift thrown at them; a present given to people outside a church after a wedding …1976 Irish sl.
– MUSS 591 obs. – a scramble, a sudden skirmish
– PEA-KILL a confused scramble …1825 Sc.
– SCATTER the throwing-out of money to be scrambled for at a wedding, on a holiday, etc. …1915 Sc.
– SCRABBLE a scramble, a contest in gathering things up from the ground on hands and knees …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRAFFLE a scramble, a struggle …1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SCRAMSH a scramble …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRANNY a scramble …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRAWM a scramble; a fracas; …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRIMMAGE a skirmish; a scramble; an altercation, a fight …1902 Amer. dial.
– SCROBBLE a scramble …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SKIRMISH a scamper, a scramble …1835
SCRAMBLE etc. – VERBS
– CAST HABBIE-GABBIE to throw money etc. amongst a crowd to be scrambled for …1866 Sc.
– HALY-CALY to throw things to be scrambled for …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– OAG to crawl, to creep, to scramble; to wriggle …1892 Sc.
– OPPLE-SCOPPLE to scramble for sweetmeats …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RAMP to climb, to scramble …1523 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– RAMPLE to romp, to scramble …1873 Sc.
– SCAAVLE to crawl, to scramble …1921 Sc.
– SCAFFLE to scramble …Bk1904 Eng dial.
– SCAMBLE to scramble, to sprawl, to roll awkwardly about …1866 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SCAMMER to climb, to scramble …1897 Eng. dial.
– SCARBER to scramble; to scamper off in a hurried manner …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCAUT to scramble; to slip; to kick, to scratch, to scrape with the feet; to trample the ground …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRABBLE to crawl about on hands and knees; to scramble; to climb; to procure with difficulty …1864 Eng. dial.
– SCRAFFLE to struggle; to force one’s way with difficulty; to scramble, to claw about with the hands in groping for something on the ground, or in climbing a rough rocky place or the like; to creep, to roll; to tumble …1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SCRAFFLE to throw anything to be scrambled for …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRAFTY to throw coins or nuts among children to be scrambled for …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRAGGLE to scramble …1851 Eng. dial.
– SCRAMBLE to throw down anything to be scrambled for …1851 Eng. dial.
– SCRAMP to throw articles among a crowd to be scrambled for …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRAMSH to scramble; to throw anything to be scrambled for …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRANNY to scramble, to strive, to contend …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRAPE to scramble; to reach out awkwardly …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRAT to scramble; to reach out awkwardly …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRATTLE to go on the hands and feet; to scramble …Bk1904 Eng. dial. obs.
– SCRATTLE to scramble for sweets, etc.; to hurry, to bustle; to slink off hastily; to hurry anything out of sight …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRAUCHLE to scramble, to creep, to crawl; to move with difficulty …1885 Sc.
– SCRAVVLE to scramble, to scrawl; to grope with the hands …Bk1904 Sc.
– SCRAWL to crawl, to creep; to move slowly or with difficulty; to hobble; to scramble, to sprawl …1747 Eng. dial.
– SCRAWM to scramble awkwardly; to grope about with outstretched arms; to sprawl; to spread or stretch out in a straggling manner …1895 Eng. dial.
– SCRAWM to throw to be scrambled for …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRIMMAGE; SCRIMMIDGE to skirmish, to quarrel; to scramble; to argue …Bk1904 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SCROBBLE to scramble, to climb, to crawl on hands and knees; to walk about with difficulty; to struggle …1876 Eng. dial.
– SKRAFFLE to struggle; to force one’s way with difficulty; to scramble; to creep, to roll; to tumble …1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– THROW HABBIE-GABBIE to throw money etc. amongst a crowd to be scrambled for …1866 Sc.
SCRAP, SCRAPS – NOUNS
– AGLET a scrap, a shred, the slightest bit …1533 obs.
– CAGMAG bad, unwholesome food; refuse of any kind; anything worthless, valueless, or rubbishy; rubbish; scraps; odds and ends …1851 sl.
– CANDLE-ENDS things of short duration or of little value; trifles, fragments, scraps …a1626
– DEWGS scraps, rags, shreds, small pieces …1693 Sc. obs.
– FAKEMENT scraps …M19 sl.
– JAG a shred of cloth; also, a scrap, a fragment …1555 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– MAMMOCK a fragment; a scrap …1520 Eng. dial.
– MIDGAN a small fragment; a scrap, a shred …1846 Eng. dial.
– MIDGET a very small piece of anything; a scrap, a fragment …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MOEMS 1824 Sc. – scraps of any kind
– MOMMOCK a fragment, a scrap; a broken piece, esp. of food; a slice …1816 Eng. dial.
– MUMMICK a fragment, a scrap; a broken piece, esp. of food; a slice …1816 Eng. dial.
– NICK a broken-off fragment; a small piece; a scrap …1880 Sc.
– OBERINS odds and ends, trifling work; leavings, scraps …1880 Sc.
– OBRANCES odds and ends, trifling work; leavings, scraps …1880 Sc.
– ODDMENT a scrap, a fragment, a remnant; a trifle …1825 Eng. dial.
– OFF-FALL a dropping; a scrap fallen off; a bit of waste, something left over …1882 Sc. & Amer. dial.
– OF-FALLINGS crumbs or scraps that fall from the table …1636 Sc.
– OFF-FALL a scrap, a bit of waste; something left over …1946 Amer. dial.
– OFF-FALLING a scrap; anything cast off and thrown on one side; something left over; a perquisite …1660 Sc. obs. exc. Amer. dial.
– RAGLET a small rag; a scrap …1836-48 rare
– RAMACK a worthless article; a scrap …1884 Sc.
– RAMMACK a worthless article; a scrap …1884 Sc.
– RAT a rag, a scrap …a1240 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
– SCHNIBBLE a scrap; a small piece …1965 Amer. dial.
– SCHNIPFEL a scrap; a small piece …1965 Amer. dial.
– SCHNIPPLE a scrap; a small piece …1950 Amer. dial.
– SCHNITZEL a scrap, a small piece …1950 Amer. dial.
– SCHNIVVLE a scrap; a small piece …1995 Amer. dial.
– SCHNUFFEL a scrap; a small piece …1998 Amer. dial.
– SCIMPTION a trivial matter; a very small piece, amount, or quantity; a bit, a scrap …1919 Amer. dial.
– SCRAB to scratch, to scrape, to claw …1890 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SCRAN a scrap, a morsel; remainder; refuse …1851 Eng. dial.
– SCRAPPLINGS scraps; odds and ends; remainders …1897 Eng. dial.
– SCRIBBET a scrap, a fragment …1968 Amer. dial.
– SCRID a piece, a scrap, a bit …1860 Amer. dial.
– SCRIMPTION a very small piece, amount, or quantity; a bit, a scrap …1867 Amer. dial.
– SCRIMPTOM a very small piece or quantity; a bit, a scrap …1904 Amer. dial.
– SCRIMSHUN a very small piece or quantity; a bit, a scrap …1867 Amer. dial.
– SCRINCHET a scrap; a shred …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRIPPUT a little scrap …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRIP-SCRAP a little scrap of anything; miscellaneous scraps; odds and ends …1894 colloq.
– SCRIPTION a very small piece or quantity; a bit, a scrap …1867 Amer. dial.
– SCRUMPTION a very small piece or quantity; a bit, a scrap …1867 Amer. dial.
– SHNIBBEL a scrap; a small piece …1948 Amer. dial.
– SKIMPTION a trivial matter; a very small piece, amount, or quantity; a bit, a scrap …1942 Amer. dial.
– SKIMPTUM a very small piece or quantity; a bit, a scrap …1904 Amer. dial.
– SKRID a small piece, a scrap, a bit; a lump …1860 Amer. dial.
– SMATTERS 1766 Sc. – scraps, trifles, fragments; small sums
– SNIBBLE a scrap; a small piece …1950 Amer. dial.
– SNIPPLE a scrap; a small piece …1948 Amer. dial.
– SNIPSLE a scrap; a small piece …1950 Amer. dial.
– SQUID a piece, a scrap, a bit; a lump …1914 Amer. dial.
– TINT a taste, touch; a foretaste; a scrap; a very small quantity …1878 Sc.
SCRAP etc. – VERBS
– JUNK 1911 – to treat as junk or rubbish; to scrap, to throw away; to discard, to abandon, to get rid of
SCRAPE, SCRAPING – NOUNS
– BILLET a mess, a scrape …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– DING a dent, scratch, scrape, or rip …1945 US sl.
– RACING the act of scratching, cutting, or scraping out …1576 obs.
– RASE the act of scraping or scratching; the fact of being scratched or cut …1530 obs.
– RASION the act of scraping or shaving; division by scraping or filing ….1612 rare or obs.
– RASURE the act of scraping or shaving; a scratch, mark, cut, slit …1470-85 obs.
– SCART a scraping or rasping sound …Bk1904 Sc.
– SCARTLE a scraping or scratching …1823 Sc.
– SCRAWT a scratch or scrape …Bk1904 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SCREED a loud, shrill, or discordant sound; the sound of scraping anything on a whetstone …1789 Sc. & Eng. dial.
SCRAPE etc. – VERBS
– BARK to scrape or rub off the skin, esp. from the shins and joints; to graze, to abrade …1850
– CURRY to tickle, to scrape, to scratch, to claw …1598
– DING to dent, scratch, scrape or rip …1968 US sl.
– GRAIN to scrape, to abrade …1845 Amer. dial.
– RACE to scrape out, to erase …c1403 obs.
– RAGGLE to scrape or tear the skin …1808 Sc.
– RAKE to scrape away …c1250 obs. rare
– RASE to scrape a thing so as to remove something from its surface; also, to scrape down into small particles …1388 obs.
– RASE to scrape in passing; to graze …1609 obs.
– RASH to scrape out, to erase …1650 obs.
– SCALP to graze, to mark in passing; to scrape …1863 Sc. & 1902 Amer. dial.
– SCARP to scrape, to make a scraping noise …1888 Eng. dial.
– SCART to scrape; to clean any vessel with a spoon; to scratch, to scrape with the nails, claws, or some sharp object …1721 Sc.
– SCRAB to scratch, scrape, claw …1481 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– SCRAP to scrape, to scratch …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRAPPLE to scrape …1881 Eng. dial.
– SCRAWT to scratch, to scrape; to make a scratching noise …1788 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SCRIEVE to scrape, to peel …Bk1904 Sc.
– SCRIVE to scrape; to peel; to make a hard sound by scratching metal …Bk1904 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SCROANCH to scrape …1885 Eng. dial.
– TO-SCHRAPE to scrape entirely …a1225 obs.
SCRAPE TOGETHER – VERBS
– HARL; HARLE to scrape or rake together; to peel, to come off in pieces …1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– RAPE AND REND to scrape together; to get by any means in one’s power …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RAPE AND SCRAPE to scrape together; to get by any means in one’s power …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– SCART to scrape together in a heap; to accumulate in a penurious, niggardly way, to be excessively acquisitive in small things …1887 Sc.
– SCARTLE to scrape together in little bits; to make little scratching movements; to scurry; to accumulate in small amounts; to scrape money together …1825 Sc.
– SCRAMP to scrape together; to collect with difficulty …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRATCH to scrape together; to save …1900 Eng. dial.
SCRAPE UP – VERBS
– SCRAWL to scrape up; to gather together; to toss about in a confused, disorderly manner …1866 Eng. dial.
SCRAPINGS – NOUNS
– scrapings RAMENTS 1670 obs. rare
– scrapings, a particle, or the particles, scraped off RASURE c1400 obs.
– scrapings, shavings RASING 1544 obs. rare
SCRAP METAL – NOUNS, PERSON
– a scrap-metal scavenger MONGO 1984 US sl.
SCRATCH, SCRATCHED, SCRATCHING, SCRATCHY – ADJECTIVES
– BATTERFANGED bruised, beaten, scratched …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– PICKY prickly, thorny, scratchy …c1970 Amer. dial.
– RACED scratched; cut, slashed …1576 obs. rare
– SCRAWMY scratched, marked; streaked in large showy flourishes …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRAWTY apt or likely to scratch; hard-pointed, as a pen …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRIGGY scratchy …Bk1886 Eng. dial.
SCRATCH etc. – NOUNS
– AMYCHOPHOBIA Bk2008 – fear of being scratched
– BACK-SCRAWTER a scratcher for the back …1876 Eng. dial. obs.
– BATTERFANGING a sound beating or scratching …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– DING a dent, scratch, scrape, or rip …1945 US sl.
– GARK a scratch …1998 NZ sl.
– HAFFET-CLAWING face-scratching …1895 Eng. dial.
– RACE a cut, slit, mark, scratch …c1500 obs.
– RACING the act of scratching, cutting, or scraping out …1576 obs.
– RANCH a deep and severe scratch; a flesh wound …1611 rare
– RASE the act of scraping or scratching; the fact of being scratched or cut …1530 obs.
– RASE a scratch, a cut, a slit …1579-80 obs.
– RASURE the act of scraping or shaving; a scratch, mark, cut, slit …1470-85 obs.
– RAT a scratch …1841 Sc.
– SCART a scratch with the nails, claws, or some sharp object …1709 Sc.
– SCART a scratch; a scratching; the itch …1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SCARTLE a scraping or scratching …1823 Sc.
– SCLOMB a scratch …1892 Eng. dial.
– SCLUM a scratch …1892 Eng. dial.
– SCRAB a scratch …B1900 N. Ireland
– SCRABBLE a scratching …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRAMMAGE a scratch …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRAMMISH a scratch …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRANCH a mark or scratch …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRANGE a deep scratch …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRAT a scratch; a very slight wound; a scratching noise …1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SCRATTLE a scratch …1867 Eng. dial.
– SCRAWK a scratch, a mark; a mark with a pen …1865 Eng. dial.
– SCRAWL a scratch, a mark …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRAWM a scratch, scribble, scrawl; bad writing …1892 Eng. dial.
– SCRAWT a scratch or scrape …Bk1904 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SCRAZE a scratch, a graze; a slight incision …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRIT a tear, a rent; a scratch …1892 Sc.
– SCROBBLE a scratching; a pawing, as a dog …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SKELP a deep scratch …Bk1887 Eng. dial.
– SKLUM a scratch …1892 Eng. dial.
SCRATCH etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– SCRATTER a person who scratches …1839 Eng. dial.
SCRATCH etc. – VERBS
– ARR to scar; to scratch; to beat …1841 Eng. dial.
– BESCRAMBLE to scratch, to tear …1598 obs. rare
– CAPERCLAW to claw or scratch with the open hand and nails; to beat, to thrash …1589 obs.
– CLAPPERCLAW to claw, scratch, slap, fight with the open hand and nails; to beat with the open hand, to thrash (generally used of women) …1590 arch. exc. Eng. dial.
– CURRY to tickle, to scrape, to scratch, to claw …1598
– DIG to scratch …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– DING to dent, scratch, scrape or rip …1968 US sl.
– FAGE to scratch, as a dog does …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– FALL TOGETHER BY THE EARS said of animals fighting; hence of persons: to engage in a fight or scuffle; to fight and scratch each other; to contend in strife; to be at variance, to quarrel …1539 obs.
– FAUCH to scratch, to claw, to rub; to scrub hard …1923 Sc.
– FEG Bk1900 Eng. dial. – to scratch
– FEY to scratch, as a dog does …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– MAKE THE FUR FLY to claw; to scratch, to wound severely …1848 sl.
– PLAY THE SCOTCH FIDDLE to scratch oneself …1836 Eng. dial.
– RACE to scratch or tear with something sharp; to cut or slash …c1440 obs. exc. techn.
– RAISE to tear; to scratch; to cut …c1475 obs.
– RANCH to tear, to cut, to scratch …c1430 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– RAPE to scratch with violence …1873 Eng. dial.
– RASE to scratch or tear with something sharp; to cut, to slit, to slash, esp. the skin or clothing …c1400 obs.
– RAT to scratch; to make a deep impression or score upon anything …1841 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– RUSK a1525 Sc. obs. – to pluck roughly; to scratch, to claw
– SCALPTIZE to scratch … 1708 obs.
– SCART to scratch; to strike a match …1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SCARTLE to scrape together in little bits; to make little scratching movements; to scurry; to accumulate in small amounts; to scrape money together …1825 Sc.
– SCAUM to scratch the face with the nails …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCAUT to scramble; to slip; to kick, to scratch, to scrape with the feet; to trample the ground …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCLAW to claw; to tear with the nails; to scratch …1777 Eng. dial.
– SCLOMB to scratch as a cat; to maul …1854 Eng. dial.
– SCLOW to claw; to tear with the nails; to scratch …1777 Eng. dial.
– SCLUM to scratch as a cat; to maul …1854 Eng. dial.
– SCORE to scratch; to mark by flogging …1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SCRAB to scratch, scrape, claw …1481 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– SCRABBLE to scratch, to paw; to make clutching movements with the hands; to make a scratching noise …1888 Eng. dial.
– SCRAMB to scratch with the nails or claws …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRANCH to scratch …1863 Eng. dial.
– SCRANGE to inflict a deep scratch …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRAP to scrape, to scratch …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRAPE THE ENAMEL to scratch the skin by falling …c1890 cyclists’ sl.
– SCRAT to scratch; to make a scratching noise …1836 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SCRATE to scratch; to make a scratching noise, as with a slate pencil …B1900 Eng. dial.
– SCRATTLE to scratch …1867 Eng. dial.
– SCRAUK; SCRAWK to scratch, to mark; to scratch with a pen, to scrawl …1839 Eng. dial.
– SCRAUNCH to scratch …1863 Eng. dial.
– SCRAWL to scratch …1865 Eng. dial.
– SCRAWM to scratch; to make irregular marks upon the surface of anything; to scribble, to scrawl …1897 Eng. dial.
– SCRAWT to scratch, to scrape; to make a scratching noise …1788 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SCRAZE to scratch; to graze, to abrade; to rub slightly …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRIT to tear, to rend; to scratch …1892 Sc.
– SCROBBLE to scratch; to paw, as a dog …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCROBE to scratch …Bk1904 Sc.
– SCROUT to scratch vigorously …Bk1879 Eng. dial.
– SCROW to scratch …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– SHUG to scratch …Bk1886 Eng. dial.
– SKELP to scratch so as to seriously injure the skin …Bk1887 Eng. dial.
– SKLAW to claw; to tear with the nails; to scratch …1777 Eng. dial.
– SKLUM to scratch as a cat; to maul …1854 Eng. dial.
– SKRAT to scratch; to make a scratching noise …1836 Sc.
– TALON to tear with the talons; to claw, to scratch …1685 obs.
– TIRL to make a rattling or scratching sound; to tap, to patter, to knock …1811 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– YAGE to scratch …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– YEWK to rub; to scratch …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SCRAWL – NOUNS
– SCRALL a scrawl, a scribble …1665
– SCRAWM a scratch, scribble, scrawl; bad writing …1892 Eng. dial.
– SCRIBBLE-SCROBBLE a scrawl …Bk1866
– SCRIGGLE to scrawl …BK1886 Eng. dial.
– SCROBBLE a scribbling; a scrawl …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
SCRAWL – VERBS
– SCRABBLE to scribble, to scrawl …1889 Eng. dial.
– SCRANK to make ill-formed, sprawling letters; to write in a scrawling hand …Bk1904 Sc.
– SCRAVVLE to scramble, to scrawl; to grope with the hands …Bk1904 Sc.
– SCRAWK to scratch, to mark; to scratch with a pen, to scrawl …1839 Eng. dial.
– SCRAWM to scratch; to make irregular marks upon the surface of anything; to scribble, to scrawl …1897 Eng. dial.
– SCRIGGLE to write badly; to scrawl …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCROBBLE to scribble, to scrawl …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
SCRAWNY – ADJECTIVES
– CHEEZY Bk1970 US sl. – raggedy, scrawny, unattractive
– GANDER-BELLIED scrawny …M19 US sl.
– GANDER-GUTTED scrawny …M19 US sl.
– GANTED thin, scrawny …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GANTED DOWN thin, scrawny …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– LEANY lean, thin, scrawny …a1400 obs.
– RIBEY poor, skinny, scrawny …1927 Amer. dial.
– SCRAWNTY puny, scrawny …1954 Amer. dial.
SCRAWNY – NOUNS, PERSON
– ANTI-BOD a scrawny or underdeveloped male or an ugly, overweight woman …M20 US sl.
– HATRACK a thin or scrawny person …1965 Amer. dial.
– MOP HANDLE a thin, scrawny person …1955 US sl.
– MOPHEAD a thin, scrawny person …1963 US sl.
– MOP-STICK a thin, scrawny person …1849 sl.
– SCRAG a scrawny or scruffy-looking person or animal; a term of derogation for a person …1845 Amer. dial.
SCREAM, SCREAMING – ADJECTIVES
– SKIRLING shrieking, screaming, crying or sounding shrilly …1785
– YAUPY given to screaming or bawling …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SCREAM etc. – NOUNS
– EER a piercing scream, as that uttered under the influence of terror …1866 Sc.
– OINK a great din, a squealing or screaming …1915 Sc.
– QUAICH a wild scream, a screech …1866 Sc.
– SCRAME a scream …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRAWK a scream …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCREAK a shriek, a scream …a1820 Amer. dial.
– SCREEK a shriek, a scream …1790 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
– SCREEL a shriek, a scream …1894 Eng. dial.
– SKELLOCH; SKELLOCK a shrill cry; a scream, a shriek …1808 Sc.
– SKIRL a shrill cry, a shriek, a scream; shrill talk …1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– SKIRLING shrieking, screaming, shrill crying …1820
– SKREEL a shriek, a scream …1894 Eng. dial.
– SKREIGH a shriek or screech; a loud shrill cry or scream …1549 Sc.
– SKRIEK a shriek, a scream …1790 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
– WALLACH; WALLOCH a scream, howl, or wail …1866 Sc.
– YARM a discordant, disagreeable sound or outcry; a scream, a yell …a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– YELLY-HOOING yelling, screaming …1890 Sc.
SCREAM etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– SCALLIBRAT a noisy, screaming child; a scold, a virago …1889 Eng. dial.
– SCRAIGHER one who screams, or makes a loud, discordant sound …1824 Sc.
– SCRAIGHTON a person fond of screaming …1824 Sc. obs.
SCREAM etc. – VERBS
– EER to squeak as a pig; to scream, to shriek, to bawl out …1825 Sc.
– MAL to shout, to scream …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– QUAICH to scream wildly, to shriek …1866 Sc.
– RAME to shout, to cry aloud; to scream …c1470 obs.
– REEK to shout, to scream, to shriek …1856 Eng. dial.
– SCRAWK to make a harsh, grating noise; to squeak; to scream. to shriek …1880 Eng. dial.
– SCREAK to shriek, to screech, to scream …1860 Amer. dial.
– SCREE to scream …1868 Eng. dial.
– SCREED to cry, to scream; to produce any sharp sound; to move up and down so as to produce a sound, as a fiddle-bow over the strings …1706 Sc. obs.
– SCREEK to shriek, to scream, to screech …1826 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
– SCREE-OUT to scream …Bk1866 Eng. dial.
– SCREET to screech, to scream; to make a shrill sound …1892 Eng. dial.
– SCREIGH to shriek, to scream, esp. used of birds; to neigh; to make a harsh, grating sound …1685 Sc. & N. Ireland
– SCRIVE to shriek, to scream …BK1904 Eng. dial.
– SKIRL to scream, to shriek, to cry out shrilly …c1400 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– SKREAK to shriek, to screech, to scream …1860 Amer. dial.
– SKREEK to shriek, to screech, to scream …1826 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
– WALLACH; WALLOCH to cry, to wail, to shriek, to scream, to howl …1808 Sc.
– YAP of a child: to cry shrilly, to scream, to whimper …1825 Sc.
– YARM to utter a discordant or mournful cry; to shriek, to scream, to yell, to howl, to wail …c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– YAUL to howl; to bawl, to shout; to scream harshly; to weep …1844 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– YAWL to call aloud, to shout, to bawl, to scream, to vociferate …1542 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– YELLOCH to scream; to yell; to bawl …1773 Sc.
SCREECH, SCREECHING, SCREECHY – ADJECTIVES
– SCREIGH shrill, screeching …1869 Sc.
– SCRITCHY screechy …1959 Amer. dial.
SCREECH etc. – NOUNS
– QUAICH a wild scream, a screech …1866 Sc.
– QUAWK a screech; a quack; a caw; a squawk …1899 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– SHRITCH a screech, a shriek …1470-85 obs.
– SKREIGH a shriek or screech; a loud shrill cry or scream …1549 Sc.
SCREECH etc. – VERBS
– QUARK to caw; to screech as a bird; to call out loudly but inarticulately …1820 Eng. dial.
– QUAWK to caw; to screech as a bird; to call out loudly but inarticulately …1820 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– QUORK to caw; to screech as a bird; to call out loudly but inarticulately …1820 Eng. dial.
– SCREAK to shriek, to screech, to scream …1860 Amer. dial.
– SCREEK to shriek, to scream, to screech …1826 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
– SCREET to screech, to scream; to make a shrill sound …1892 Eng. dial.
– SCRITCH to screech …1892 Amer. dial.
– SCROINOCH to shout, to screech, to yell; to make a noisy disturbance …1820 Sc.
– SHRITCH to shriek, to screech …a1250 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– SKREAK to shriek, to screech, to scream …1860 Amer. dial.
– SKREEK to shriek, to screech, to scream …1826 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
– SKREIGH to screech or shriek; to utter a loud shrill cry; to make a screeching noise …1715 Sc.
SCREEN – NOUNS
– a screen, partition, or railing, serving to enclose or shut off a space in a building; a screen or railing in a church enclosing an altar, a tomb, etc., or separating a chapel, etc. from the main body of the church PARCLOSE; PERCLOSE c1400
– a screen or protection VELUM 1781 obs.
SCREEN – VERBS
– to screen; to shelter, to protect SCONCE; SKONCE 1724 Sc. obs.
SCREENPLAY – NOUNS
– in the film industry: a screenplay BABY 1994 US sl.
SCREW – NOUNS
– the thread of a screw MASH Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SCREW – VERBS
– to screw, to twist, to turn FEEZE 1806 Sc.
– to screw, to twist, to twirl TWISTLE 1788 Eng. dial.
SCREWDRIVER – NOUNS
– a screwdriver, a spanner TOMMY 1881
– a screwdriver used for breaking into cars CAR KEY 1996 UK sl.
SCRIBBLE, SCRIBBLER, SCRIBBLING – ADJECTIVES
– SCRIBBLE-SCRABBLE covered with scribble …1702 obs.
SCRIBBLE etc. – ADVERBS
– SCRIBBLE-SCRABBLE in a scribbling manner …1589 obs.
SCRIBBLE etc. – NOUNS
– BAFFEL a carelessly written letter, a scribble …1749 Sc.
– SCRAWM a scratch, scribble, scrawl; bad writing …1892 Eng. dial.
– SCRABBLE a scribbling …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRIBBLE-SCRABBLE a scribble; hasty or careless writing …1838
– SCRIBBLE-SCROBBLE scribbling …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCROBBLE a scribbling; a scrawl …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
SCRIBBLE etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– HACK a person whose services may be hired for any kind of work required of him; a menial servant; a common drudge; especially, a literary drudge who hires himself out to do any and every kind of literary work; hence, a poor writer, a mere scribbler …a1700
– HACKNEY a person whose services may be hired for any kind of work required of him; a menial servant; a common drudge; especially, a literary drudge who hires himself out to do any and every kind of literary work; hence, a poor writer, a mere scribbler …1546 obs.
– SCRAWMER a scribbler; a bad penman …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRIBBLE-SCRABBLE a scribbler …1665 obs.
SCRIBBLE etc. – VERBS
– SCRABBLE to scribble, to scrawl …1889 Eng. dial.
– SCRAWM to scratch; to make irregular marks upon the surface of anything; to scribble, to scrawl …1897 Eng. dial.
– SCRIBBLE-SCRABBLE to scribble …1860
– SCRIBBLE-SCRALL to scribble, to write badly …1901 Eng. dial.
– SCROBBLE to scribble, to scrawl …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
SCRIMMAGE – NOUNS
– a scrimmage; a boys’ fight MILL Bk1905 Sc.
– a scrimmage; a stone fight BICKER Bk1911 Sc.
SCRIPTURE – NOUNS, PERSON
– a believer in the literal truth of Scripture FUNDI; FUNDIE; FUNDY 1982 sl.
SCROUNGE, SCROUNGED, SCROUNGER, SCROUNGING – ADJECTIVES/ADVERBS
– CHERCHED scrounged, obtained … World War I Amer. sl.
– ON THE BOW free; scrounging …1938 UK sl.
– ON THE CADGE on the tramp, begging, scrounging …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– ON THE COAT AND BADGE on the cadge, scrounging …1960 UK rhyming sl.
– ON THE EARHOLE on the scrounge …1998 UK sl.
– ON THE EASTER EGG begging, scrounging …1988 Sc. sl.
SCROUNGE etc. – NOUNS
– MUMPING a scrounging, soliciting favours, begging …17C Brit. sl.
SCROUNGE etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– BLAGGER a person who seeks to obtain or achieve something by persuasive talk or plausible deception; a bluffer, a scrounger, a cadger; a smooth talker, a persuasive person …1963 Brit. sl.
– BLUDGER 1980s Aust. sl. – a cadger, a scrounger; a disreputable or despicable person
– BOT a habitual borrower or cadger; a scrounger; a person who frequently imposes on others …1916 Aust. & NZ sl.
– BOTFLY a scrounger …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– BUMMER one who scrounges, begs for, or cadges something, typically cigarettes or drinks …1948
– CADGER a beggar, a tramp, a scrounger, a loafer, a petty thief …1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– DEADBEAT a cadger or sponger; a penniless scrounger; a loafer; a worthless idler; one who will not or cannot pay debts …1871 Amer. sl.
– EAR-LUGGER a cadger, a scrounger …20C Aust. sl.
– HUMMER a scrounger …E20 Aust. colloq.
– MIKER a loafer, a scrounger …L19 sl.
– MOOCH a beggar; a scrounger; a sponger; a borrower, a cadger; an idler …1914 sl., chiefly US
– MOOCHIE a beggar; a scrounger; a sponger; an idler …1983 US sl.
– MOUCHER a beggar; a scrounger …1857
– MUMP a beggar, a scrounger …E18 sl.
– MUMPER a genteel beggar, a scrounger …1674 UK criminals’ sl.
– SCADGE a mean, scrounging person; one who curries favour …1896 Sc.
– SCAMBLER a parasite, a sponger, one who scrounges his meals from others …1721 Sc. obs.
– SCUNGE a scrounger or sponger …1900 colloq., orig. Sc.
– WALLFLOWER one who idles into a saloon hoping to be offered a free drink; a scrounger …1918 US Army sl. obs.
SCROUNGE etc. – VERBS
– BLAG 1950s Brit. sl. – to scrounge, to cadge, to deceive, to bamboozle
– BLUDGE to shirk responsibility or hard work; to impose on; to cadge or scrounge …1919 sl.
– CADGE orig. to wander the country as a beggar; thence to beg or go about begging; to wheedle something from someone; to scrounge money, etc. …L18 sl.
– FAUCH to scrounge …1916 Sc.
– HOT-STUFF to steal or scrounge …1914 services’ sl.
– NEEDLE to scrounge …L19 Irish sl.
– PONCE OFF to cadge or scrounge money …1937 sl.
– PONCE ON to cadge or scrounge money …1937 sl.
– PUT ON THE ACID to scrounge, to cadge …Bk1999 Aust.
– RABBIT to steal; to borrow or scrounge something…c1920 sl.
– SCAV to scavenge; to scrounge …2001 UK sl.
– SCAFF to scrounge, to go about looking for food or anything else that may be picked up …1827 Sc.
– SCUNGE to scrounge, to sponge …1846 colloq., orig. Sc.
SCRUB – VERBS
– to scrub hard; to rub; to scratch, to claw FAUCH 1923 Sc.
– to scrub or rub vigorously; to beat severely SCRIMGE Bk1904 Sc.
– to scrub or wash the body thoroughly BOUNDER 1895 Amer. dial.
– to scrub, to clean; to act as a drudge SCODGY 1898 Sc.
– to scrub, to scour SCURRIFUNGE 1789 Eng. dial.
SCRUFFY – ADJECTIVES
– DAGGY dirty, scruffy …1967 Aust. sl.
– ILL-FAURED poor in quality, unattractive, scruffy …1806 Sc.
– RATTY wretched or in poor condition; nasty; mean; shabby, scruffy, or ragged …1867 colloq.
– SCAWT scruffy, mean, contemptible, scanty, niggling; short of due measure …c1715 Sc.
– SCOORY; SCOURIE; SCOURY; SCOWRIE; SCOWRY scruffy, disreputable or nasty in appearance …1721 Sc.
– SCOOTIE; SCOOTY low, worthless in character; scruffy …1882 Sc.
– SCOUTIE-MALOURIE low, worthless in character; scruffy …1969 Sc.
– WAFF of appearance: suspicious-looking; hangdog, scruffy …1824 Sc.
SCRUFFY – NOUNS, PERSON
– BAG OF SHIT TIED UP WITH STRING a clumsy, shapeless, or scruffy person …1984 UK sl.
– BEARDIE-WEIRDIE; BEARDY-WEIRDY a man with long hair and/or a beard and as such negatively stereotyped as an ‘intellectual’, eccentric, or fan of radical politics; a scruffy beatnik …2000 sl.
– DAG a scruffy person; a bit of a character …1916 Aust. sl.
– DUNGHILL a person likened to a dunghill in being filthy or disgusting in some way, esp. in being morally corrupt or in being very dirty or scruffy …1542
– SCOWRIE a scruffy, disreputable-looking person; a blackguard, a rascally fellow …1721 Sc.
– SCRAG a scrawny or scruffy-looking person or animal; a term of derogation for a person …1845 Amer. dial.
– SCRUFFBAG a scruffy person …1920s sl.
SCRUMPTIOUS – ADJECTIVES
– scrumptious SCRUMBOTIOUS Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– scrumptious, delicious LUMPSHIOUS 1914 Amer. dial.
SCRUPLE(S) – NOUNS
– AUNTER a pretense, needless scruple, excuse, hesitation …1703 Eng. dial.
– BOGGLE a fright, fear, scruple …Bk1911 Sc.
– MOTT THE HOOPLE a scruple …2004 UK rhyming sl.
– SAUNTER a foolish scruple, an excuse, a shilly-shally …1837 Sc.
– WHIPPER-TOOTIES silly scruples about doing anything; groundless excuses for not trying to do something; frivolous difficulties …1808 Sc.
SCRUPLE(S) – VERBS
– BALLANCE to hesitate, to scruple …1715 Sc.
– DOUBT to hesitate, to scruple, to delay …1483 obs.
– MAKE DOUBT to hesitate, to scruple …1586 obs.
– MAKE NO KNOBS to act immediately, to resist one’s scruples …L17 sl.
SCRUPULOUS, SCRUPULOUSNESS – ADJECTIVES
– CLEAN-FINGERED with clean or nimble fingers; honest, scrupulous, nice …1558
– NESH dainty, fastidious, squeamish; scrupulous …1839 Eng. dial.
– TEDIOUS careful, scrupulous, particular …1874 Eng. dial.
– TENDER circumspect, careful, considerate; scrupulous …1709-31 Sc. obs.
SCRUPULOUS etc. – NOUNS
– TENDERNESS consideration, regard; scrupulousness …1818 Sc. obs.
SCRUTINIZE, SCRUTINIZING, SCRUTINY – ADJECTIVES
– EAGLE-EYED scrutinizing, paying close attention, watching …20C colloq.
SCRUTINIZE etc. – NOUNS
– CASES observation; scrutiny; also, an ultimate, a finality, the last of a series of things or actions …Bk1914 criminals’ sl.
– EYEBALLING scrutiny, investigation; visual inspection or assessment; estimation or measurement by sight alone …1959
– SCANCE a glance, a quick appraising look, a brief scrutiny, a cursory survey or review of persons or affairs …1787 Sc.
– UP-AND-DOWN, THE a look, scrutiny …1910s sl.
– VIZZY a look, a sight, a glimpse, a scrutinizing gaze; scrutiny, survey …1700 Sc.
SCRUTINIZE etc. – VERBS
– CASE to watch; to observe; to scrutinize …Bk1914 criminals’ sl.
– EAGLE-EYE to observe and evaluate closely; to scrutinize …1964 Amer. sl.
– PENNY to observe, to scrutinize …1990s W. Indies sl.
– PERSCRUTE to scrutinize thoroughly; to make a thorough search or inquiry; to investigate …a1545 obs. rare
– QUOTE to make mental note of; to notice, to observe, to mark, to scrutinize …1588 obs.
– SCANCE to look at, to examine, to analyze metrically; to give a critical or appraising look at; to scrutinize …1825 Sc.
– SCRUTE to scrutinize …1536 obs. rare
– SCRUTINATE to scrutinize, to examine, to investigate …a1734 obs. rare
– SIFT to examine closely into; to scrutinize narrowly so as to find out the truth …1573
– VIZZY to look at closely, to view closely; to inspect, to examine, to scrutinize …1724 Sc.
SCUFFLE, SCUFFLING – ADJECTIVES
– IN MANGLE in a confused fight, skirmish, or scuffle …a1300 obs.
SCUFFLE etc. – NOUNS
– BLURRY a scuffle, a scramble …1856 Eng. dial.
– BUSTLE a conflict, struggle, scuffle, or fray; the commotion caused by this …1579 obs.
– HANTLE a tussle, a hand to hand fight; a scuffle; as much as one can manage …1868 Eng. dial.
– RAMMY a general fight; a brawl; a scuffle; a violent disturbance or commotion; a noisy argument; a row; a bustling crowd …1935 Sc. sl.
– RAMP a romp, a scuffle; a boisterous struggle …1818 Sc.
– SCASH a waddling, shuffling gait; a scuffling with the feet …1866 Sc.
– SCASHLE; SKASHLE a squabble, a wrangle; a scuffle …Bk1904 Sc.
– TIFFLE a scuffle, a tussle, a fight …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– VELITATION a slight or preliminary engagement with an enemy; a skirmish; a fight or scuffle …1616 rare
SCUFFLE etc. – VERBS
– BUSTLE to struggle, to scuffle …1585 obs.
– FALL TOGETHER BY THE EARS said of animals fighting; hence of persons: to engage in a fight or scuffle; to fight and scratch each other; to contend in strife; to be at variance, to quarrel …1539 obs.
– PULL CAPS to wrangle in an unseemly way; to scuffle, to quarrel; said only of women …1763 colloq.
SCULLION – NOUNS, PERSON
– BACKHOUSE-BOY a boy employed to do scullery work …1863 Eng. dial.
– GALLOPIN a turnspit; a scullion or under-cook; an errand-boy; a page …1567 obs.
– GIPPO a scullion; a varlet …1651
– KITCHEN-KNAVE a scullion obs.
– MARMITON a kitchen scullion …1754
– POT-WABBLER a housekeeper; a scullion …1882 Eng. dial.
– POT-WALLINER a scullion …1882 Eng. dial.
– POT-WALLOPER a cook, esp. on a ship; a kitchen worker, one who cleans pots, a scullion, a person engaged in menial work …1859 US sl.
– POT-WRESTLER a scullion or dishwasher; a kitchen-hand …1817 US sl.
SCULPTOR – NOUNS, PERSON
– a sculptor, a maker of images; a carver IMAGER a1300 obs.
– a sculptor, a moulder MOULD-MAN 1576 obs.
– a sculptor, carver, engraver CUTTER 1572
SCULPTURE, SCULPTURED – ADJECTIVES
– sculptured, carved, engraved CUTTED 1438 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
SCULPTURE etc. – VERBS
– to sculpture; to draw; to make any kind of mark on paper SCART 1814 Sc.
SCUM – NOUNS
– FECULENCE feculent matter; dregs, lees, dross, scum; also, filth …a1648
– IME soot; a thin scum or coating deposited on a surface …1892 Sc.
– IMIN a thin scum or covering …1893 Eng. dial.
– KEAM the scum or froth which rises upon any liquid …1777 Eng. dial.
– MANTLE the green vegetable coating on standing water …1605 obs.
– OFFSCUM scum, dross, refuse …1579
– QUINKINS dregs or leavings of any kind; scum of a liquid; charred traces of food which have stuck to the saucepan; a fry-up after the killing of a pig; tidbits of any kind …1825 Sc.
– SCAUF scurf, scum …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRAM scum, refuse …1888 Eng. dial.
– SCRUFF scum, dregs …1929 Amer. dial.
– SILTS dregs, refuse, scum …1635 obs.
– SKIM scum, the impurities that collect on the surface of a boiling liquid …1539 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
– SKINNINGS frothy residue skimmed from a boiling liquid; scum …1986 Amer. dial.
SCUM – VERBS
– MANTLE of liquids: to be or become covered with a coating or scum …1626
SCURF, SCURFINESS, SCURFY – ADJECTIVES
– SKALFERING scurfy …1561 obs.
SCURF etc. – NOUNS
– GAN(N) dandruff; scurf …1888 Eng. dial.
– RHUME scurf on the scalp of the head …1876 Eng. dial.
– SCAUF scurf, scum …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRUFF scurf, dandruff …1899 Amer. dial.
– SKALFERING scurfiness …1561 obs.
– SKILFERS scurf; dandruff …1599 obs. rare
SCURRILITY, SCURRILOUS – ADJECTIVES
– RABULOUS scurrilous …1538 obs. rare
– THERSITICAL foul-mouthed, scurrilous, grossly abusive …1650 rare
– VERNACULOUS low-bred, scurrilous …1605 obs.
SCURRILITY etc. – NOUNS
– DIRT filth, obscenity, scurrilous information or gossip …1926 sl.
– HARLOTRY buffoonery, jesting; ribaldry, scurrility, scurrilous talk; obscene talk or behaviour …c1325 obs.
– OPPROBRIOUSNESS abusive quality; reproachfulness, scurrility …c1540
SCURRY – NOUNS
– SCOUVER; SKOUVER confusion, scurry, disturbance …1860 Eng. dial.
SCURRY – NOUNS, PERSON
– SCAMPERER one who scampers or scurries …1802
SCURRY – VERBS
– SCARTLE to scrape together in little bits; to make little scratching movements; to scurry; to accumulate in small amounts; to scrape money together …1825 Sc.
– SCOWP to run hither and thither, to rush, to bound, to dart, to scurry, to spring …1721 Sc.
– SKELTER to dash along, to hurry, to rush, to scurry …1852
– SKIRRY to scurry …1869
– SKIVER to scatter, to scurry …1881 Amer. dial.
– SKIVER AROUND to scatter, to scurry …1942 Amer. dial.
SCURVY – NOUNS, PERSON
– a scurvy, contemptible, good-for-nothing fellow; a mean, niggardly person SCART 1825 Sc.
SCYTHE – ADJECTIVES
– FALCIFEROUS carrying a sickle; scythe-bearing …1656 obs.
SCYTHE – NOUNS
– BAT the long handle or staff of a scythe …1793 Eng. dial.
– LEA a scythe …1483 N. Eng. dial.
– LEA-SHAFT Bk1902 Eng. dial. – a scythe handle
– MAN-KILLER an implement that is exhausting to use, as a scythe …1876 Amer. dial.
– MOWING-BLADE a scythe …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– POLE 1828 Eng. dial. rare – the long handle of a scythe or similar implement
– TINE-STOCK one of the two short crooked handles of a scythe …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– UREN a scythe …Bk1905 Sc.
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