scrob

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verb

To scratch.

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Meanings

verbscrob (third-person singular simple present scrobs, present participle scrobbing, simple past and past participle scrobbed)

present singular third person scrobs · participle present scrobbing · participle past scrobbed · past scrobbed

  1. dialectalTo scratch.

    In Dallas, he scrobbed so hard at his face that he appeared to tear the skin, rivulets of blood raising screams of joy from the billies […]

    2014, Joseph O'Connor, The Thrill of It All, page 265
    1 more example

    And another expression somebody'd say was, 'She scrobbed the face off her.' I think that's an old English word, 'scrob', to scratch. And it would tear the skin down. And ferocious language. And they could hold the bitterness.

    1996, Kevin Corrigan Kearns, Dublin Pub Life and Lore: An Oral History, page 216
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APA

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MLA

“scrob.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrob. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scrob,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrob.

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