Definitions for scrubs

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scrubs scrub

Spelling: [skruhb]

IPA: /skrʌb/

Scrubs is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 74 anagrams from letters in scrubs (bcrssu).

Definitions for scrubs

noun

1. an act or instance of scrubbing.
2. a canceled or postponed space flight, launching, scheduled part of a space mission, etc.
3. something, as a cosmetic preparation, used for scrubbing.
4. low trees or shrubs collectively.
5. a large area covered with low trees and shrubs, as the Australian bush.
6. a domestic animal of mixed or inferior breeding; mongrel.
7. a small or insignificant person.
8. anything undersized or inferior.
9. Sports. a player not belonging to the varsity or regular team; a player who is not first-string.

adjective

1. small, undersized, or stunted.
2. inferior or insignificant.
3. abounding in or covered with low trees and shrubs:

verb (used with object)

1. to rub hard with a brush, cloth, etc., or against a rough surface in washing.
2. to subject to friction; rub.
3. to remove (dirt, grime, etc.) from something by hard rubbing while washing.
4. Chemistry. to remove (impurities or undesirable components) from a gas by chemical means, as sulfur dioxide from smokestack gas or carbon dioxide from exhaled air in life-support packs.
5. to cancel or postpone (a space flight or part of a mission):
6. Slang. to do away with; cancel:

verb (used without object)

1. to cleanse something by hard rubbing.
2. to cleanse one's hands and arms as a preparation to performing or assisting in surgery (often followed by up).

Origin of scrubs

1300-50; Middle English scrobben (noun) Middle Dutch schrobben

Examples for scrubs

She reads when she knits, she reads when she scrubs, she even reads when she feeds her babies.

Cobb ultimately met and married scrubs star Donald Faison, and now finds herself walking red carpets as his Mrs.

"Creep," "No scrubs," and "Unpretty," obviously, were huge crowd pleasers.

Zach Braff and Donald Faison The scrubs stars reunited to sing this holiday duet.

"They certainly are scrubs," she repeated as she bent for a closer inspection.

Blake escapes from the scrubs, hides out near the prison, and then makes his way across Europe to Moscow.

One more fierce attempt, and the ball went to the scrubs on downs.

Were they to have a defeat "slapped" upon them by the scrubs?

It realises the dream of some insane hygienist: it scrubs the sky.

“No scrubs,” an anthem about self-respect on the dating market.