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Synonyms

assortment, clutter, hodgepodge, jumble, miscellany, muddle, potpourri, rummage, variety, welter—more at MISCELLANY

1scrap noun 1 : a small detached piece

2 : discarded material

Synonyms

[1] bit, fragment, piece—more at FRAGMENT

[2] chaff, deadwood, dust, garbage, junk, litter, refuse, riffraff, rubbish, trash, waste—more at GARBAGE

[2] end, fag end, leftover, remainder, remnant; also leavings, odds and ends, remains, residual, residue, stump; balance, rest; chip, flake, fragment, piece, sliver, splinter; shred, tatter

2scrap verb scrapped; scrap·ping 1 : to make into scrap <~ a battleship>

2 : to get rid of as useless

Synonyms

cast, discard, ditch, dump, fling, jettison, junk, lose, reject, shed, shuck, slough, throw away, throw out, unload—more at DISCARD

3scrap noun : a hostile encounter : FIGHT; also : a verbal disagreement

Synonyms

argument, brawl, disagreement, dispute, fight, hassle, quarrel, row, spat, squabble—more at ARGUMENT

4scrap verb scrapped; scrap·ping : to contend against in or as if in battle or physical combat : FIGHT

— scrap·per noun

Synonyms

argue, bicker, brawl, dispute, fall out, fight, hassle, quarrel, row, spat, squabble, wrangle—more at ARGUE

scrap·book noun : a blank book in which mementos are kept

1scrape verb scraped; scrap·ing 1 : to remove by drawing a knife over; also : to clean or smooth by rubbing off the covering

2 : to damage or injure the surface of by contact with something rough

3 : to draw across a surface with a grating sound

4 : to get together (as money) in small amounts by laborious effort — often used with up or together

5 : to get along with difficulty

— scrap·er noun

Synonyms

[2] abrade, graze, scratch, scuff; also bark, skin; chafe, fret, gall; claw, cut, lacerate; bruise, contuse

[3] grate, grind, rasp, scratch; also rub; groan, whine

[4] eke out, squeeze, wrest, wring—more at EKE OUT

usually scrape together [4] accumulate, amass, assemble, collect, concentrate, garner, gather, group, lump, pick up, round up—more at GATHER

2scrape noun 1 : the act or the effect of scraping

2 : a bow accompanied by a drawing back of the foot

3 : an unpleasant predicament; also : a noisy heated angry dispute

Synonyms

[1] grind, rasp, scratch—more at RASP

[3] brush, encounter, hassle, run-in, skirmish—more at ENCOUNTER

1scrappy adjective scrap·pi·er; -est : DISCONNECTED, FRAGMENTARY

2scrappy adjective scrap·pi·er; -est 1 : apt or disposed to quarrel in an often petty manner : QUARRELSOME

2 : having an aggressive and determined spirit

Synonyms

argumentative, contentious, disputatious, quarrelsome—more at ARGUMENTATIVE

1scratch verb 1 : to scrape, dig, or rub with or as if with claws or nails <~ed my arm>

2 : to draw across a surface with a grating sound <~ed his nails across the blackboard>

3 : SCRAPE 4

4 : to cancel or erase by or as if by drawing a line through

5 : to withdraw from a contest

Synonyms

[1] abrade, graze, scrape, scuff—more at SCRAPE

[2] grate, grind, rasp, scrape—more at SCRAPE

2scratch noun 1 a : a mark or injury made by or as if by scratching

b : a sound made by scratching

2 : the starting line in a race

— from scratch

: with no steps completed or ingredients prepared ahead of time

Synonyms

grind, rasp, scrape—more at RASP

3scratch adjective 1 : made as or used for a trial attempt <~ paper>

2 : made or done by chance

scratchy adjective scratch·i·er; -est 1 : likely to scratch

2 : making a scratching noise

Synonyms

[1] brambly, prickly, thorny; also coarse, jagged, rough; irritating, itchy, stinging

[2] coarse, gravelly, gruff, hoarse, husky, throaty—more at HOARSE

scrawl verb : to write hastily and carelessly

— scrawl noun

scraw·ny adjective scraw·ni·er; -est : very thin : SKINNY

1scream verb : to cry out loudly and shrilly

Synonyms

howl, shriek, shrill, squeal, yell, yelp; also bay, caterwaul, keen, squawk, wail, yawp (or yaup), yowl;