Scrub
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /skɹʌb/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Scrub is an adjective meaning (uncountable) A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant.
Meaning
(uncountable) A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant.
More Meanings
- (countable, derogatory) One who labors hard and lives meanly.
- (countable, slang, derogatory) One who is incompetent or unable to complete easy tasks.
- (countable, sports, slang) One not on the first team of players; a substitute.
- (uncountable) Vegetation judged to be of inferior quality or of little use to humans, though sometimes thick and impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also, brush.
- (countable, US, stock breeding) One of the common livestock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, especially when inferior in size, etc.; particularly a male animal poorly suited for breeding.
- (countable, online gaming, slang, derogatory) A player who whines when outmatched by other players, sometimes by blaming the game mechanics or even accusing the other players of cheating.
- (obsolete) Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.
Example Sentences
A sorry scrub, said Mr. High-mind.
Wow, she really scored 0? What a scrub!
How solitary, how scrub, does this town look!
No little scrub joint shall come on my board.
Word Forms
- scrubs
- scrubbing
- scrubbed
Synonyms for scrub
Depending on context, synonyms include seek, scouring, scour, cur, bush, mixed.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cur, underbred, scour, scouring, mixed, mongrel.
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