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scum
[ skuhm ]
noun
- a film or layer of foul or extraneous matter that forms on the surface of a liquid.
- refuse or offscourings.
- a low, worthless, or evil person.
- such persons collectively; riffraff; dregs.
verb (used with object)
- to remove the scum from.
- to remove as scum.
verb (used without object)
- to form scum; become covered with scum.
scum
/ skʌm /
noun
- a layer of impure matter that forms on the surface of a liquid, often as the result of boiling or fermentation
- the greenish film of algae and similar vegetation surface of a stagnant pond
- Also calleddrossscruff the skin of oxides or impurities on the surface of a molten metal
- waste matter
- a worthless person or group of people
verb
- tr to remove scum from
- rare.intr to form a layer of or become covered with scum
Derived Forms
- ˈscumˌlike, adjective
- ˈscummer, noun
Other Words From
- scumless adjective
- scumlike adjective
- un·scummed adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of scum1
Word History and Origins
Origin of scum1
Example Sentences
It only makes sense that the two libertarians would collide at the hive of scum and villainy that is CPAC.
“I went through four years of hell by this scum that we had to deal with,” Trump said.
"The scum that worked to convict him were some of the same lunatics who were involved in the modern day weaponization of government against me," Trump posted on his Truth Social platform.
"The scum that worked to convict him were some of the same lunatics who were involved in the modern day weaponization of government against me," Trump said in his post online on Tuesday evening.
He made them betray their basic values by catering to neo-Nazis and other scum that he let loose on Twitter.
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