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noun

• a man with no class. For example: possessing little money, lacking in transportation, without a place to live, etc. Popularized by the song "No Scrubs" on TLC's 1999 album FanMail.

  I can't believe that scrub thought I'd give him my phone number.

  • See more words with the same meaning: man, men, male.
  • See more words with the same meaning: uncool person, jerk, asshole (general insults - list of).

  Last edited on Jan 08 1998. Submitted by Kendall from Aiken, SC, USA on Jan 08 1998.

• an annoying person.

  Your little brother is such a scrub!

  • See more words with the same meaning: to annoy, interfere, intrude.
  • See more words with the same meaning: uncool person, jerk, asshole (general insults - list of).

  Last edited on Jun 01 1998. Submitted by Ashley and Jackie from Bay Area School of Enterprise, Alameda, CA 94501, USA on Jun 01 1998.

• an inferior competitor; "newbie".

  Last edited on Jun 09 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jun 09 2010.

verb - intransitive

• to embarrass one's self, usually by making a physical mistake.

  Did you see that guy scrub on the ice?

  • See more words with the same meaning: embarrassment (related to).

  Last edited on Jun 17 2013. Submitted by Liz O'hare from Berkeley, CA, USA on Feb 18 2003.

verb - transitive

• to remove information from a document.

  We need to scrub the documentation of any confidential information.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to remove.

  Last edited on Aug 26 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 26 2009.