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scrans

scrans is the third-person singular simple present indicative of scran.

Meaning of scran

Verb

scran (third-person singular simple present scrans, present participle scranning, simple past and past participle scranned)

  1. (Scotland, slang, Liverpool, Manchester) 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
  2. (Northern England, slang) To steal in a mischievous manner; pinch, nick.

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Questions about scrans

What is scrans the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Scrans is the third-person singular simple present indicative of scran.

Words near scrans in the dictionary

  1. scrannier
  2. scranniest
  3. scranning
  4. scrannish
  5. scranny
  6. scrans
  7. Scranton
  8. Scrantonian
  9. Scrantonians
  10. Scrantons
  11. scrap

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