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Definition scum

Etymology

From Middle English scum, scom, from Old English *sc?m (“foam”) or Middle Dutch sch?me (“foam”), both from Proto-Germanic *sk?maz (“froth, foam”), from Proto-Indo-European *skew- (“to cover, conceal”). Cognate with Dutch schuim (“foam”), German Schaum (“foam”), Danish and Swedish skum (“foam”). Compare also French écume (“scum”), Italian schiuma (“foam”), Walloon schome (“scum, foam”), Lithuanian šamas (“catfish”) and skanus (“tasty”) from the same Germanic source. Related to skim.

Noun

scum (countable and uncountable, plural scums)

  1. (uncountable) A layer of impurities that accumulates at the surface of a liquid (especially molten metal or water).
  2. (uncountable) A greenish water vegetation (such as algae), usually found floating on the surface of ponds
  3. The topmost liquid layer of a cesspool or septic tank.
  4. (uncountable, slang, chiefly US) semen
  5. (countable, derogatory, slang) A reprehensible person or persons.

Verb

scum (third-person singular simple present scums, present participle scumming, simple past and past participle scummed)

  1. To remove the layer of scum from (a liquid etc.).
  2. To remove (something) as scum.
  3. To become covered with scum.
  4. (obsolete) To scour (the land, sea etc.).
  5. (obsolete) To gather together, as scum.
  6. (video games, informal) To startscum or savescum.

Results 459 Words with the letters SCUM

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AMICUS 13
AMUCKS 17
CAMPUS 16
CESIUM 13
CHUMPS 18
CLUMPS 17
CLUMSY 16
COMOUS 13
CRUMBS 16
CRUMPS 16
CUBISM 16
CUMINS 14
CUSTOM 13
CYMOUS 15
LOCUMS 14
MISCUE 13
MISCUT 13
MUCHES 15
MUCINS 14
MUCORS 13
MUCOSA 13
MUCOSE 13
MUCOUS 14
MULCTS 14
MUSCAE 13
MUSCAT 13
MUSCID 14
MUSCLE 14
MUSCLY 16
MUSICS 13
SACRUM 13
SCRUMS 13
SCUMMY 18
SCUTUM 14
SHMUCK 19
SMUTCH 15
SUMACH 15
SUMACS 13
UMIACS 13
5 letter words with the letters SCUM 
CHUMS 14
CULMS 13
MUCKS 16
MUCUS 13
MUSCA 12
MUSIC 12
SCRUM 12
SCUMS 12
SUMAC 12
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SCUM 11
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MUS 7
SUM 7
2 letter words with the letters SCUM 
MU 6
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US 3

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