n. A small piece, properly something scraped off; a detached portion; a bit; a fragment; a remnant: as, scraps of meat.n. A detached piece or fragment of something written or printed; a short extract: as, scraps of writing; scraps of poetry.n. A picture suited for preservation in a scrap-book, or for ornamenting screens, boxes, etc.: as, colored scraps; assorted scraps.n. plural Fat, after its oil has been tried out; also, the refuse of fish, as menhaden, after the oil has been expressed: as, blubber scraps. Bee graves.n. Wrought iron or steel, in the form of clippings or fragments, either produced in various processes of manufacture, or collected for the purpose of being reworked.To consign to the scrap-heap, as old bolts, nuts, spikes, and other worn-out bits of iron.To make scrap or refuse of, as menhaden or other fish from which the oil has been expressed.A dialectal variant of scrape.n. A fight; a scrimmage.n. A snare for birds: a place where chaff and grain are laid to lure birds.n. plural A commercial name of crude rubber obtained from the drippings of milky juice which adhere to the bark of the tapped tree and which are peeled off when dry. See rubber, 3.To engage in a scrap or petty scrimmage; box.To engage in a war of words; squabble; quarrel.