Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A person who disposes of scraps.
- n. A person who fights doggedly, who exhibits indomitable will.
WordNet 3.0
- n. someone who fights (or is fighting)
Examples
“Gunrunner, blackbirder, smuggler, pirate, pearler, or what have you, but always a scrapper from the word go, with a constant hankering to bounce his enormous fists offa somebody's conk.”
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Waterfront Fists and Others - Robert E. Howard
“Al was a battler and a brawler and a scrapper from the day he first stepped in as a”
“Al was a battler and a brawler and a scrapper from the day he first stepped in as a Green”
“I may try to make her later, although she was a broadsword scrapper and scrappers aren't my favorites ...”
“The Nuggets will rally with conviction around Karl, who was known as a scrapper in his playing days and who had surgery for prostate cancer five years ago, but there is grave concern around the league.”
“He was a born "scrapper," and never so happy as when annoying others.”
“I had my rogue set in a preset "scrapper" arrangement and I personally controlled our witch, Morrigan, because I like to micro-manage her crowd control spells.”
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Violence
sucker punch, punch, bunch of fives, haymaker, bare-knuckle, punch-drunk, brawler, scrapper, hellkite, street fighter, gamecock, powerhouse and 30 more...
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a well-cut descriptor
ludicrous, quick, feisty, fresh, scrapper, rainmaker, thought-leader, talkative, arsehole, moron, cavalier, abstruse and 15 more...
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strange words
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sherry28 I didn't really think that this actually meant someone who fights . I thought it was just another slang word. LOL Sep 27, 2010