noun
Meaning 1
A crabapple.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
scrab
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/skɹæb/
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rhymes with -æb
verb
Meaning 2
To scrape or scratch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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History
Etymology
From Middle English scrabbe, variant of crabbe (“crabapple”); ultimately of Germanic origin, plausibly from North Germanic, cognate with Swedish dialect scrabba, krabbäpple.
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.