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Etymology 1

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From Middle French and Old French schrabben (to scrape, scratch), from Frankish *skaban, from Proto-Germanic *skabaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- (to scratch); compare Old High German skaban, Irish scríobann and sgrìoban.

Verb

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scrab (third-person singular simple present scrabs, present participle scrabbing, simple past and past participle scrabbed)

  1. (transitive) To scrape or scratch.
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Etymology 2

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From Middle English scrabbe, variant of crabbe (crabapple); ultimately of Germanic origin, plausibly from North Germanic, cognate with Swedish dialect scrabba, krabbäpple.

Noun

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scrab (plural scrabs)

  1. A crabapple.

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