scenes

alternative archaic scænes

1. pluralplural of scene
2. UKinformalA funny or incredible and usually chaotic situation.

   On Twitter Kathryn Myhill described the ‘absolute scenes in Morrisons’ which had sold out of pasta, flour and chopped tomatoes.

   2020 March 15, “Absolute scenes in Morrisons’ – People are sharing pictures from York supermarkets and it’s not pretty”, in YorkMix, archived from the original on 08 May 2021

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   With just five minutes left on the clock, a near carbon copy of the first goal followed, this time with Jack Grealish playing the ball across goal for Harry Kane to stoop down low and head in his first goal of the tournament. Scenes. Absolute scenes. The drinks carried on long into the night after that one.

   2024 April 1, John McNicoll, It's Coming Home (Probably): One Man's Years of Hurt, Pitch Publishing Limited, →ISBN

alternative archaic scænes

1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of scene