scrub

  • 41scrub — scrub1 verb (scrubs, scrubbing, scrubbed) 1》 rub hard so as to clean.     ↘(scrub up) thoroughly clean one s hands and arms before performing surgery.     ↘ (scrub up well) Brit. informal (of a person) look good after making a deliberate effort.… …

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  • 42Scrub — skrubas statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Visžalių kietalapių krūmų ir puskrūmių sąžalynai pietinėse Australijos srityse. atitikmenys: angl. scrub vok. Scrub, m rus. скраб, m …

    Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • 43scrub — skrubas statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Visžalių kietalapių krūmų ir puskrūmių sąžalynai pietinėse Australijos srityse. atitikmenys: angl. scrub vok. Scrub, m rus. скраб, m …

    Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • 44scrub —  1. Cheap prostitute.  2. scrub it! Forget it.  3 scrub round Ignore. Cancel …

    A concise dictionary of English slang

  • 45scrub —    Formerly used of a mean and insignificant man, the allusion being to ‘scrub’ in its sense of a stunted tree. Smollett’s Peregrine Pickle has a girl calling a man ‘you old flinty faced, flea bitten scrub’ …

    A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • 46scrub-up — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) Etymology: scrub (III) + up : an act or process of scrubbing the bathroom is equipped with both shower and tub, for quick scrub ups Better Homes & Gardens specifically : aseptic preparation for surgery …

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  • 47scrub — Synonyms and related words: a nobody, a nothing, abandon, ablate, ablation, ablution, abort, abrade, abrase, abrasion, abrasive, afforestation, arboretum, attrition, baptize, bark, bath, bathe, belay, boondocks, bramble, brier, brier bush, brush …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 48scrub — I n A dirty looking object or person. Man, I m not hanging with those scrubs. 1990s II v Cancel. We decided to scrub the trip when we saw the weather report. 1820s …

    Historical dictionary of American slang

  • 49scrub — n defined in 2000 as a useless and worth less male who has huge misconceptions of his own brilliance , the word is part of the hip hop and rap lexicon. Busta is a synonym. We don t want no scrubs hitttin on us! He ain t nothing but a scrub …

    Contemporary slang

  • 50scrub up — thoroughly clean one s hands and arms before performing surgery. → scrub …

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