1syllable
scrub
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Definitions ofscrub
1noun
- One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.
- One who is incompetent or unable to complete easy tasks.
Example: "What a scrub! Instead of washing the dishes she put the used food on her face!"
- A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant
Example: "oak scrub"
- (stock breeding) One of the common livestock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, especially when inferior in size, etc. Often used to refer to male animals unsuited for breeding.
- Vegetation of inferior quality, though sometimes thick and impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also, brush.
- One not on the first team of players; a substitute.
1adjective
- Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.
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