Meaning of Scrub | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant.
   uncountable
2. An instance of scrubbing.
3. Vegetation judged to be of inferior quality or of little use to humans, though sometimes thick and impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also, brush.
   uncountable
4. A cancellation.
5. One of the common livestock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, especially when inferior in size, etc.; particularly a male animal poorly suited for breeding.
   US, countable
6. A worn-out brush.
7. One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.
   countable, derogatory
8. One who scrubs.
9. One who is incompetent or unable to complete easy tasks.
   countable, derogatory, slang
10. That which scrubs.
11. One not on the first team of players; a substitute.
    countable, slang
12. An exfoliant for the body.
13. A player who whines when outmatched by other players, sometimes by blaming the game mechanics or even accusing the other players of cheating.
    Internet, countable, derogatory, slang
14. Clothing worn while performing surgery.
    in-plural
15. Any medical uniform consisting of a short-sleeved shirt and pants (trousers).
    broadly, in-plural
16. Informal attire or dress code; morning dress
    obsolete, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“oak scrub”

“I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn.”

“A sorry scrub, said Mr. High-mind.”

“We should go there in as proper a manner possible; nor altogether like the scrubs about us.”

“A scrub is a guy that thinks he's fly And is also known as a buster Always talkin' about what he wants And just sits on his broke ass […]”

“Wow, she really scored 0? What a scrub!”

“Unacceptable winds aloft caused four scrubs and one hold; adverse weather caused a scrub; […]”

“A scrub [broom worn out] Scopa detrita.”

“A man dressed as a lab tech, his blue scrubs startlingly pale against the vivid red and black chaos, moved into sight from behind the SUV. He carried an assault rifle.”

“The third, which was as homely as its name, and which she reserved for scouring the country and such like rough usage in quite private rural life, was her "Scrub."”

“For one of Lucia's quaint ideas was to divide dresses into three classes, "Hightum," "Tightum" and "Scrub."”

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