scrawm

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verb

To tear or scratch.

OriginDutch schrammen →
Scrabble 13
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Meanings

verbscrawm (third-person singular simple present scrawms, present participle scrawming, simple past and past participle scrawmed)

present singular third person scrawms · participle present scrawming · participle past scrawmed · past scrawmed

  1. UKdialectaltransitiveTo tear or scratch.

Origin

  1. Dutchschrammen
  2. Englishscrawm

Probably from Dutch schrammen, from schram (“a rent, a tear”).

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APA

scrawm. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrawm

MLA

“scrawm.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrawm. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scrawm,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrawm.

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