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scavved

scavved is the simple past and past participle of scav.

Meaning of scav

Verb

scav (third-person singular simple present scavs, present participle scavving, simple past and past participle scavved)

  1. (UK, transitive) To scavenge; to steal.
    • Scavving the whole city isn't the way to find it. It's too slow! Don't you see? You have to think to work out where it is.2011, Philip Webb, Six Days, page 36

Questions about scavved

What is scavved the simple past and past participle of?
Scavved is the simple past and past participle of scav.

Words near scavved in the dictionary

  1. Scavo
  2. Scavone
  3. Scavones
  4. Scavos
  5. scavs
  6. scavved
  7. scavvies
  8. scavving
  9. scavvy
  10. scaw
  11. Scawby

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