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scum

[ skuhm ]

noun

  1. a film or layer of foul or extraneous matter that forms on the surface of a liquid.
  2. refuse or offscourings.
  3. a low, worthless, or evil person.
  4. such persons collectively; riffraff; dregs.


verb (used with object)

scummed, scumming.
  1. to remove the scum from.
  2. to remove as scum.

verb (used without object)

scummed, scumming.
  1. to form scum; become covered with scum.

scum

/ ²õ°ìÊŒ³¾ /

noun

  1. a layer of impure matter that forms on the surface of a liquid, often as the result of boiling or fermentation
  2. the greenish film of algae and similar vegetation surface of a stagnant pond
  3. Also calleddrossscruff the skin of oxides or impurities on the surface of a molten metal
  4. waste matter
  5. a worthless person or group of people
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to remove scum from
  2. rare.
    intr to form a layer of or become covered with scum
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²õ³¦³Ü³¾ËŒ±ô¾±°ì±ð, adjective
  • ˈ²õ³¦³Ü³¾³¾±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²õ³¦³Ü³¾î€ƒl±ð²õ²õ adjective
  • ²õ³¦³Ü³¾î€ƒl¾±°ì±ð adjective
  • ³Ü²Ô·²õ³¦³Ü³¾³¾±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of scum1

1200–50; Middle English scume < Middle Dutch ²õ³¦³óÅ«³¾±ð ( Dutch schuim ) foam; cognate with German Schaum foam
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of scum1

C13: of Germanic origin; related to Old High German ²õ³¦Å«³¾, Middle Dutch ²õ³¦³óÅ«³¾, Old French escume; see skim
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The president displayed the rhetorical discipline and analytical precision he’s famous for, calling various former officials “scum†and the like.

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It only makes sense that the two libertarians would collide at the hive of scum and villainy that is CPAC.

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“I went through four years of hell by this scum that we had to deal with,†Trump said.

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"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.

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"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.

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