"scrob" meaning in English

See scrob in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: scrobs [present, singular, third-person], scrobbing [participle, present], scrobbed [participle, past], scrobbed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} scrob (third-person singular simple present scrobs, present participle scrobbing, simple past and past participle scrobbed)
  1. (dialect) To scratch. Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-scrob-en-verb-ELMmLkb2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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    {
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        "To scratch."
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        "(dialect) To scratch."
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        "To scratch."
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        "(dialect) To scratch."
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