Definitions for scums
scums
scum
Spelling: [skuhm]
IPA: /skʌm/
Scums is a 5 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.
You can make 38 anagrams from letters in scums (cmssu).
Definitions for scums
noun
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a film or layer of foul or extraneous matter that forms on the surface of a liquid.
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refuse or offscourings.
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a low, worthless, or evil person.
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such persons collectively; riffraff; dregs.
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scoria (def 1).
verb (used with object)
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to remove the scum from.
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to remove as scum.
verb (used without object)
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to form scum; become covered with scum.
Origin of scums
1200-50; Middle English scume Middle Dutch schūme (Dutch schuim) foam; cognate with German Schaum foam