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--v. 3 whip, flog, beat, lash, horsewhip, whale, belt,
flagellate: Some medieval sects scourged themselves as they
went in procession through the cities. 4 punish, castigate,
chastise, discipline, afflict, torment: In the old days,
students were scourged if they made a mistake.
scout v. 1 Often, scout about or around. reconnoitre, investigate,
study, research, examine, explore, spy, search or look (about or
around) (for), hunt (about or around) (for), cast around or
about (for), Colloq check (about or around): I am going to
scout about to find a key that fits. 2 scout up or out.
discover, find, locate, uncover, Colloq dig up: I was finally
able to scout up a key that fits.
scowl v. 1 glower, frown, grimace, glare, look daggers, lower or
lour: It's hard to tell if he's ever pleased because he's
always scowling.
--n. 2 frown, grimace, glare, dirty look: I do wish she would
wipe that scowl off her face and try to look more pleasant.
scramble v. 1 climb, clamber, crawl, scrabble, struggle: We scrambled
up the rocky hillside with the big cat in pursuit. 2 rush,
hurry, scamper, run, hasten, race, scurry, scoot, scuttle, dash,
hotfoot (it), hustle, Chiefly US and Canadian, hightail (it),
Colloq skedaddle: When the siren sounded, we scrambled down to
the air raid shelter. 3 Often, scramble up. mix up, confuse,
jumble, intermingle, mingle, commingle: Contestants,
spectators, and officials were all scrambled together.
--n. 4 scrimmage, struggle, tussle, contention, clash,
competition, contest, race, rush, clash, conflict, disorder,
commotion, riot, mˆl‚e or melee, pandemonium, Colloq
free-for-all, hassle, Brit scrum or scrummage: Thousands were
involved in the scramble for tickets to the rock concert. In the
scramble for a directorship Jeremy lost. 5 struggle, climb: She
twisted her ankle in the scramble over the rocks.
scrap° n. 1 mite, bit, shred, bite, morsel, piece, fragment, shard or
sherd, particle, sliver, snippet, snip, crumb, whit, iota, jot
or tittle, snatch, drop, drip, grain, speck, molecule, atom,
dab, trace, scintilla, hint, suggestion: There wasn't a scrap