scrip /skr I p/ (scrips ) N‑COUNT A scrip is a certificate which shows that an investor owns part of a share or stock. [BUSINESS ] □ The cash or scrip would be offered as part of a pro rata return of capital to shareholders.
script ◆◇◇ /skr I pt/ (scripts , scripting , scripted )
1 N‑COUNT The script of a play, film, or television programme is the written version of it. □ Jenny's writing a film script.
2 VERB The person who scripts a film or a radio or television play writes it. □ [V n] The film is scripted and directed by Chris McQuarrie.
3 N‑VAR [usu adj N ] You can refer to a particular system of writing as a particular script . □ …a text in the Malay language but written in Arabic script.
4 N‑SING If you say that something which has happened is not in the script , or that someone has not followed the script , you mean that something has happened which was not expected or intended to happen. □ Losing was not in the script. □ The game plan was right. We just didn't follow the script.
script|ed /skr I pt I d/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] A scripted speech has been written in advance, although the speaker may pretend that it is spoken without preparation. □ He had prepared scripted answers.
scrip|tur|al /skr I ptʃərəl/ ADJ [ADJ n] Scriptural is used to describe things that are written in or based on the Christian Bible. □ …scriptural accounts of the process of salvation.
scrip|ture /skr I ptʃə r / (scriptures ) N‑VAR Scripture or the scriptures refers to writings that are regarded as holy in a particular religion, for example the Bible in Christianity. □ …a quote from scripture. □ …the Holy Scriptures.
script|writer /skr I ptra I tə r / (scriptwriters ) N‑COUNT A scriptwriter is a person who writes scripts for films or for radio or television programmes.
scroll /skroʊ l/ (scrolls , scrolling , scrolled )
1 N‑COUNT A scroll is a long roll of paper or a similar material with writing on it. □ Ancient scrolls were found in caves by the Dead Sea.
2 N‑COUNT A scroll is a painted or carved decoration made to look like a scroll. □ …a handsome suite of chairs incised with Grecian scrolls.
3 VERB If you scroll through text on a computer or phone screen, you move the text up or down to find the information that you need. [COMPUTING ] □ [V prep/adv] I scrolled down to find 'United States of America'.
scro ll bar (scroll bars ) N‑COUNT On a computer screen, a scroll bar is a long thin box along one edge of a window, which you click on with the mouse to move the text up, down, or across the window. [COMPUTING ]
Scrooge /skruː dʒ/ (Scrooges ) N‑VAR If you call someone a Scrooge , you disapprove of them because they are very mean and hate spending money. [DISAPPROVAL ] □ What a bunch of Scrooges.
scro|tum /skroʊ təm/ (scrotums ) N‑COUNT A man's scrotum is the bag of skin that contains his testicles.
scrounge /skraʊ ndʒ/ (scrounges , scrounging , scrounged ) VERB If you say that someone scrounges something such as food or money, you disapprove of them because they get it by asking for it, rather than by buying it or earning it. [INFORMAL , DISAPPROVAL ] □ [V n] Williams had to scrounge enough money to get his car out of the car park. □ [V + for ] The government did not give them money, forcing them to scrounge for food.
scrub /skrʌ b/ (scrubs , scrubbing , scrubbed )
1 VERB If you scrub something, you rub it hard in order to clean it, using a stiff brush and water. □ [V n] Surgeons began to scrub their hands and arms with soap and water before operating. □ [be V -ed] The corridors are scrubbed clean. ● N‑SING Scrub is also a noun. □ The walls needed a good scrub.
2 VERB If you scrub dirt or stains off something, you remove them by rubbing hard. □ [V n with off/away ] I started to scrub off the dirt. □ [V n prep] Matthew scrubbed the coal dust from his face.
3 N‑UNCOUNT Scrub consists of low trees and bushes, especially in an area that has very little rain. □ …an area of scrub and woodland.
scrub|ber /skrʌ bə r / (scrubbers ) N‑COUNT If someone refers to a woman as a scrubber , they are suggesting in a very rude way that she has had sex with a lot of men. [BRIT , INFORMAL , OFFENSIVE , DISAPPROVAL ]
scrub|by /skrʌ bi/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] Scrubby land is rough and dry and covered with scrub. □ …the hot, scrubby hills of western Eritrea.
scrub|land /skrʌ blænd/ (scrublands ) N‑VAR Scrubland is an area of land which is covered with low trees and bushes. □ Thousands of acres of forests and scrubland have been burnt.
scruff /skrʌ f/ PHRASE If someone takes you by the scruff of the neck , they take hold of the back of your neck or collar suddenly and roughly. □ He picked the dog up by the scruff of the neck.
scruffy /skrʌ fi/ (scruffier , scruffiest ) ADJ Someone or something that is scruffy is dirty and untidy. □ …a young man, pale, scruffy and unshaven. □ …a scruffy basement flat in London.
scrum /skrʌ m/ (scrums )
1 N‑COUNT In rugby, a scrum is a tight group formed by players from both sides pushing against each other with their heads down in an attempt to get the ball.
2 N‑COUNT [usu sing] A scrum is a group of people who are close together and pushing against each other. [BRIT ] □ [+ of ] She pushed through the scrum of photographers. □ [+ of ] …the scrum of shoppers.