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scrapper

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • rhymes with -æpə(ɹ)

1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who disposes of scraps, such as one who collects scrap metal to sell to a scrap dealer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • After the uncle died they sold off most of his rustbuckets to a scrapper and kept one to fix up.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A person who fights doggedly, who exhibits indomitable will.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He's a real scrapper, even against impossible odds, he always keeps fighting.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

someone who fights (or is fighting)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: combatant, battler, belligerent, fighter

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul

Narrower terms: defender, withstander, boxer, pugilist, brawler, butter, fencer, swordsman, gladiator, gouger, hell-kite, hell-rooster, gamecock, mauler, skirmisher, street fighter, tough, victor, master, superior, wrestler, grappler, matman

History

Etymology

From scrap + -er.