Meaning

(obsolete) Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby..

Definitions by Sense

1. (obsolete) Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.
2. (uncountable) A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant.
3. (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.
4. (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.
5. (countable, derogatory) One who labors hard and lives meanly.
6. (countable, slang, derogatory) One who is incompetent or unable to complete easy tasks.
7. (countable, sports, slang) One not on the first team of players; a substitute.
8. (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.

Example Sentences

How solitary, how scrub, does this town look!

No little scrub joint shall come on my board.

oak scrub

I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn.

A sorry scrub, said Mr. High-mind.

We should go there in as proper a manner possible; nor altogether like the scrubs about us.

I daresay we can find one of those devoted, hard-working little scrubs who are glad to come for nothing and live on the table leavings.

Wow, she really scored 0? What a scrub!

Word Forms

• more scrub
• most scrub
• scrubs
• scrubbing
• scrubbed

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When Should You Use Scrub?

Use scrub when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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