What (who) is scab - definition
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SCAB; Scab (disambiguation); Scab union
scab
Stuck-up, snotty, disagreeable, worthless, etc.
Don't act that way, you're being a scab.
Don't act that way, you're being a scab.
scab
n. a scab falls off; forms
scab
¦ noun
1. a dry, rough protective crust that forms over a cut or wound during healing.
2. mange or a similar skin disease in animals.
any of a number of fungal diseases of plants in which rough patches develop, especially on apples and potatoes.
3. informal a person or thing regarded with contempt.
a person who refuses to strike or who takes the place of a striking worker.
¦ verb (scabs, scabbing, scabbed)
1. [usu. as adjective scabbed] become encrusted with a scab or scabs.
2. act or work as a scab.
Brit. informal scrounge.
Derivatives
scabbiness noun
scabby adjective
Origin
ME: from ON skabb; related to dialect shab (cf. shabby).
Pronunciation examples for scab
1. equivalent of a scab.
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2. pick a scab off an old wound?
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3. Menstruation, placenta creation, scab formation is
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4. Terry's wound began to look like a huge scab.
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5. I was interested in taking the skin or the scab off of our
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Examples of use of scab
1. How long will it take For these suffering wounds To scab up And create new skin?
2. Some scab also has been reported in Missouri and north–central Oklahoma.
3. "I want to be a businessman," he says, picking at a bleeding scab on his knee.
4. He said potatoes are likely to be smaller and show signs of scab on the skins.
5. They remember the 1''0s, when fusarium head blight, commonly called "scab," devastated successive wheat crops.