scum
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Is scum a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (uncountable) A layer of impurities that accumulates at the surface of a liquid (especially molten metal or water).Examples: "During smelting, scum rises to the surface and is then removed by the smelter."Synonyms: dross, impurity, impurities, cinder, scoriae, slaguncountable
2. (uncountable) A greenish water vegetation (such as algae), usually found floating on the surface of pondsExamples: "These organisms form scum in large quantities."uncountable
3. (uncountable, slang, chiefly US) Semen.Examples: "Horse, who was always talking about facts, said, “Man, that can't be scum, ’cause scum is white.”"Synonyms: baby batter, baby gravy, balljuice, boy juice, cock juice, cock snot, come, creamUSslanguncountable
4. (derogatory, slang) A reprehensible person or persons.Examples: "People who sell used-up pens are scum, just total low-lives."Synonyms: bastard, assbucket, asshat, asshole, assmonkey, assmouth, assmunch, assmunchercountablederogatoryslanguncountable
verb (English)
1. (obsolete) To scour (the land, sea, etc.).Examples: "SOo by Merlyns aduys ther were sente fore rydars to skumme the Countreye / & they mette with the fore rydars of the north / and made hem to telle whiche wey the hooste cam / and thenne they told it to Arthur / and by kyng Ban and Bors counceill they lete brenne and destroye alle the contrey afore them there they shold ryde"; "Wandering up and down without certain seat, they lived by scumming those seas and shores as pirates."obsolete
2. (obsolete) To gather together, as scum.Examples: "A great majority of the members are scummed together from the Jacobinical dregs of former periods of the revolution."obsolete
3. (video games, informal) To startscum or savescum.informal
Definition source: Wiktionary