"scro" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /skroʊ/ [General-American] Forms: scros [plural]
Etymology: Clipping of scrotum, an unadapted borrowing from Latin scrōtum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”); Cf. bro. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|scrotum}} Clipping of scrotum, {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)ker-||to cut}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} scro (plural scros)
  1. (slang) scrotum Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-scro-en-noun-0s4ji~Rw
  2. (slang) (both metaphorically and metonymically): A disreputable or untrustworthy male acquaintance. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-scro-en-noun-1cVDJxz8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96

Inflected forms

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