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The correct spelling is scrub.
How to pronounce scrub
/skɹʌb/
nounIPA: /skɹʌb/
Say it like: Scr-ub
The correct spelling is scrub. One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow. For example: "What a scrub! Instead of washing the dishes she put the used food on her face!"
Usage Examples
“What a scrub! Instead of washing the dishes she put the used food on her face!”
“oak scrub”
“to scrub a floor”
Meanings
noun
- 1.One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.
- 2.One who is incompetent or unable to complete easy tasks.
- 3.A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant
- 4.(stock breeding) One of the common livestock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, especially when inferior in size, etc. Often used to refer to male animals unsuited for breeding.
- 5.Vegetation of inferior quality, though sometimes thick and impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also, brush.
adjective
- 1.Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.
verb
- 1.To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening
- 2.To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour
- 3.To be diligent and penurious
- 4.To call off a scheduled event; to cancel.
- 5.To eliminate or to correct data from a set of records to bring it inline with other similar datasets
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