scab
Definitions
Noun
- Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
- The crustlike surface of a healing skin lesion
Verb
- Form a scab
- Take the place of work of someone on strike
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Definitions: 4
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📰 This Word in the News:
Professional scab or essential backstop? Replacement nurses become a flashpoint in Brigham strike.
Jul 10, 2026 The Boston Globe
Jul 10, 2026 The Boston Globe
MTA hires 'scabs' to drive shuttle buses during LIRR strike, union bosses say
May 18, 2026 Gothamist
May 18, 2026 Gothamist
‘Phones are like a scab we know we shouldn’t pick’: the truth about social media and anxiety
May 22, 2022 The Guardian
May 22, 2022 The Guardian