scran
/skɹan/
scran noun: food, especially that of an inferior quality; grub.
Noun
scran (uncountable)
- Food, especially that of an inferior quality; grub.
- Let we gan and get some scran. Aw’m starvin man!
- I know there are many persons — some who are themselves poor — who 'never turn a beggar from their door,' but always give them a few browns (halfpence) or some scran (broken victuals).1853, Charles John Chetwynd Talbot, Meliora, Or, Better Times to Come, page 247
- Synonyms:
- scrawn, aliment, bait, belly-timber, chow, comestibles, cuisine, eatables, eats, edibles
- Refuse; rubbish.
Verb
scran (third-person singular simple present scrans, present participle scranning, simple past and past participle scranned)
- To eat.
- Creme eggs have been delighting - or not, depending on your palate - British tastebuds for more than 50 years.
"I scran them up so fast," says Ethan in Manchester, who is on his way to a gym session.2026 March 28, George Sandeman and Olivia Hutchinson, Tiramisu hot cross buns, doughnut eggs: Have Easter treats gone too far? (BBC News) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyenwrz23go
- Creme eggs have been delighting - or not, depending on your palate - British tastebuds for more than 50 years.
- To steal in a mischievous manner; pinch, nick.
scran meaning in Urdu
scran in Urdu
- باہر کا کھانا, کچھ کھانے کیلئے
Synonyms of scran
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Forms of scran
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | skran |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | scrans |
| present participle | scranning |
| past participle | scranned |
| past | scranned |
Origin of scran
Probably of North Germanic origin, from or cognate with Old Norse skran (“rubbish; marine stores”). Compare Icelandic skran (“junk”), Danish skrammel (“junk, lumber”). Doublet of scrawn.
Words formed from scran
Words that rhyme with scran
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- clan
- ban
- Cheyenne
- Longshan
- Nanshan
- plan
- an
- gan
- Gushan
- han
- Hongshan
- mann
- nan
- stan
- tan
- unman
- Baoshan
- Dongshan
- flan
- Heshan
- Jinshan
- langshan
- marzipan
- panne
- Qishan
- ran
- rattan
- bantustan
- began
- chan
- Fengshan
- Fran
- Guanshan
- Hengshan
- Huangshan
- Huishan
- japan
- Lausanne
- Lianshan
- Lushan
- Marianne
- Pingshan
- sedan
- shan
- than
- trapan
- trepan
- Xi'an
Questions about scran
- What does scran mean?
- Scran means food, especially that of an inferior quality; grub.
- What is scran in Urdu?
- Scran in Urdu is باہر کا کھانا, کچھ کھانے کیلئے. See Scran meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is scran?
- Scran can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce scran?
- Scran is pronounced /skɹan/.
Words near scran in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: scran (page history and authors); scran (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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