as in fighter
a person who takes part in a dispute
both movie critics are real scrappers, so their on-air discussions of the latest releases are often heated
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Recent Examples of scrapper
That's a significant concern for the 36-year-old scrapper heading into UFC 313.
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Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
The prelims will feature three bouts featuring fighters from Australia, so the crowd will be rocking, cheering on the local scrappers.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 9 Feb. 2025
That scrapper, his out-of-season t-shirt, the playground and the flashed Playboy...
—Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 10 Jan. 2025
Every Volunteers outing has been a blowout, save for their one-point scrapper over Illinois.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
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Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
The prelims will feature three bouts featuring fighters from Australia, so the crowd will be rocking, cheering on the local scrappers.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 9 Feb. 2025
That scrapper, his out-of-season t-shirt, the playground and the flashed Playboy...
—Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 10 Jan. 2025
Every Volunteers outing has been a blowout, save for their one-point scrapper over Illinois.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrapper
Noun
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Thompson is perfectly paired with Wilson, an actor who can go from disheveled wallflower to calculating plotter to deer-in-the-headlights comic fighter with a widening of the eye or twisting of the lips.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Oct. 2025
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Andrew is part philosopher, part fighter — a man who defies easy categorization, bridging worlds that rarely meet.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Oct. 2025
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The lawsuit, previously obtained by PEOPLE, names former school assistant principal Ebony Parker as a defendant and accuses her of failing to act on multiple reports that the student had a gun.—
Liam Quinn,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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The jury, however, deadlocked on charges against co-defendant Brandt Osborn, 45, who was facing two counts of being an accessory after the fact.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
29 Oct. 2025
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The psychological scars of the shooting are still fresh and painful, the plaintiff said.—
Gary Grumbach,
NBC news,
30 Oct. 2025
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The order applies to federal employees in programs or offices where the plaintiff unions have members or bargaining units.—
The NPR Network,
NPR,
30 Oct. 2025
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Curtis and Kirk were indeed to be found on opposite ends of virtually every hot-button cultural issue on which the latter made his name as a debater and provocateur.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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Her debaters warned of a slippery slope.—
Abby McCloskey,
Twin Cities,
29 Oct. 2025
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The episodes saw 12 brawlers face off in teams led by Flay, Maneet Chauhan and Antonia Lofaso, aiming to win over judges Williamson, Carson Kressley and Rodney Scott.—
Erin Clements,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Displacing the ’90s boom bap and aughts brawlers of her last album is a streak of assiduous ’80s R&B exercises that foreground her gains as a vocalist more often than her gobstopping wordplay as a rapper.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
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The moment played out on Season 3 of The Traitors, when Sandoval and the other contestants braved a creepy cabin full of singing dolls and had to memorize and perform backwards nursery rhymes.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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With a crown on her head, a crisp blue suit on her shoulders, and a giant clock around her neck, Hall tasked a man with choosing the best cake-decorating woman among a trio of contestants.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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The Jay Treaty asked the disputants merely to start a process leading to the appointment of arbitrators qualified to decide their disputes fairly and finally.—
Tom Bell,
Oc Register,
12 Apr. 2025
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The audience and actor are like disputants kept in different rooms, forbidden to see each other fully.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Scrapper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrapper. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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