scum

Plural: scums

Noun

worthless people
a film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid
A layer of impurities that accumulates at the surface of a liquid (especially molten metal or water).
A greenish water vegetation (such as algae), usually found floating on the surface of ponds
The topmost liquid layer of a cesspool or septic tank.
Semen.
A reprehensible person or persons.

Verb

Verb Forms: scummed, scumming, scums

To remove the impure or extraneous matter from the surface of a liquid.
remove the scum from
To remove the layer of scum from (a liquid etc.).
To remove (something) as scum.
To become covered with scum.
To scour (the land, sea, etc.).
To gather together, as scum.
To startscum or savescum.

Examples

During smelting, scum rises to the surface and is then removed by the smelter.
He tried to SCUM the bad letters from his rack, but they just kept reappearing.
People who sell used-up pens are scum, just total low-lives.
These organisms form scum in large quantities.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English scum, scome, skum, skome, scumme, from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch schūme (“foam”), from Old Dutch *scūm, from Frankish *skūm, from Proto-Germanic *skūmaz (“froth, foam”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover, conceal”).
Cognate with Dutch schuim (“foam”), West Frisian skuum, German Schaum (“foam”), Danish and Swedish skum (“foam”). Compare also French écume (“scum”), Italian schiuma (“foam”), Saterland Frisian Skuum, Sicilian scuma (“foam”), Walloon schome (“scum, foam”), Lithuanian šamas (“catfish”) and skanus (“tasty”) from the same Germanic source. Related to skim.

Synonyms

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Scrabble Score: 8

scum: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
scum: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
scum: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

scum: valid Words With Friends Word