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scran en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /skɹan/ Glasgow, Northern England, especially Manchester, Liverpool, Geordie

Etymology

Probably of North Germanic origin, from or cognate with Old Norse skran (“rubbish; marine stores”). Compare Icelandic skran (“junk”), Danish skrammel (“junk, lumber”). Doublet of scrawn.

Meanings

  1. (Ireland, UK, slang, uncountable) Food, especially that of an inferior quality; grub.
    • I know there are many persons — some who are themselves poor — who 'never turn a beggar from their door,' but always give them a few browns (halfpence) or some scran (broken victuals). 1853, Charles John Chetwynd Talbot, Meliora, Or, Better Times to Come, page 247:
    • Let we gan and get some scran. Aw’m starvin man!
  2. (uncountable) Refuse; rubbish.

Forms

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skran alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

scrannish · bad scran to someone

Descendants

sgram

Synonyms

bait · eats · viands · eatables · stodge · scran · kai · nibbles · grub · om nom nom · cuisine · provisions · nourishment · foodstuffs · nosebag · meat · vittles · feed · meals · scrawn · tiffin · chow · provender · munchable · rations · belly-timber · fodder · food · victuals · aliment · edibles · tuck · nosh · sustenance · tucker · comestibles

scran en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /skɹan/ Glasgow, Northern England, especially Manchester, Liverpool, Geordie

Etymology

Probably of North Germanic origin, from or cognate with Old Norse skran (“rubbish; marine stores”). Compare Icelandic skran (“junk”), Danish skrammel (“junk, lumber”). Doublet of scrawn.

Meanings

  1. (Scotland, qualifier:Liverpool; Manchester; Liverpool; Manchester, slang) To eat.
    • 2026 March 28, George Sandeman and Olivia Hutchinson, Tiramisu hot cross buns, doughnut eggs: Have Easter treats gone too far? (BBC News) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyenwrz23go Creme eggs have been delighting - or not, depending on your palate - British tastebuds for more than 50 years. "I scran them up so fast," says Ethan in Manchester, who is on his way to a gym session.
  2. (Northern-England, slang) To steal in a mischievous manner; pinch, nick.

Forms

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skran alternative lexicographic
scrans Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
scranning Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
scranned Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
scranned Tense=Past lexicographic