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scrobbed

scrobbed is the simple past and past participle of scrob.

Meaning of scrob

Verb

scrob (third-person singular simple present scrobs, present participle scrobbing, simple past and past participle scrobbed)

  1. (dialectal) To scratch.
    • And another expression somebody'd say was, 'She scrobbed the face off her.' I think that's an old English word, 'scrob', to scratch. And it would tear the skin down. And ferocious language. And they could hold the bitterness.1996, Kevin Corrigan Kearns, Dublin Pub Life and Lore: An Oral History, page 216

Questions about scrobbed

What is scrobbed the simple past and past participle of?
Scrobbed is the simple past and past participle of scrob.

Words near scrobbed in the dictionary

  1. scroags
  2. scroat
  3. scroats
  4. scrob
  5. scrobal
  6. scrobbed
  7. scrobbing
  8. scrobble
  9. scrobbled
  10. scrobbler
  11. scrobbles

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