scrape
noun/skreɪp/
/skreɪp/
- [singular] the action or unpleasant sound of one thing rubbing roughly against another
- the scrape of iron on stone
- She felt the scrape of wall against bare skin.
- the scrape of chairs being moved
- [countable] an injury or a mark caused by rubbing against something rough
- She emerged from the overturned car with only a few scrapes and bruises.
- [countable] (old-fashioned) a difficult situation that you have caused yourself
- He was always getting into scrapes as a boy.
- a scrape with the law (= trouble with the police)
action/sound
damage
difficult situation
Word OriginOld English scrapian ‘scratch with the fingernails’, of Germanic origin, reinforced in Middle English by Old Norse skrapa or Middle Dutch schrapen ‘to scratch’.
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