Usually means: Layer of dirt or impurities.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. scum: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. scum: Merriam-Webster
  3. scum: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. scum: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. scum: Collins English Dictionary
  6. scum: Vocabulary.com
  7. Scum, scum: Wordnik
  8. scum: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. scum: Wiktionary
  10. scum: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. scum: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. scum: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. scum: Dictionary.com
  14. scum: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. scum: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. S.C.U.M. (professional wrestling), S.C.U.M (band), SCUM (video game), SCUM, Scum (Anti-Nowhere League album), Scum (Napalm Death album), Scum (Rat Boy album), Scum (album), Scum (band), Scum (card game), Scum (film), Scum (song), Scum (television play), Scum (tv play), Scum (video game), Scum: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Scum: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. scum: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. scum: Rhymezone
  20. scum: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. scum: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. scum: FreeDictionary.org
  23. scum: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. scum: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. scum: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. English-Chinese Dictionary of Graphic Communications (Big 5) (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. scum: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. SCUM: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  3. scum: Idioms

Slang (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. scum, scum: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. scum: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. scum: ESL Slang page
  4. S.C.U.M: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Scum: Card Games

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (uncountable) A layer of impurities that accumulates at the surface of a liquid (especially molten metal or water).
noun:  (uncountable) A greenish water vegetation (such as algae), usually found floating on the surface of ponds
noun:  The topmost liquid layer of a cesspool or septic tank.
noun:  (uncountable, slang, chiefly US) Semen.
noun:  (derogatory, slang) A reprehensible person or persons.
verb:  To remove the layer of scum from (a liquid etc.).
verb:  To remove (something) as scum.
verb:  To become covered with scum.
verb:  (obsolete) To scour (the land, sea, etc.).
verb:  (obsolete) To gather together, as scum.
verb:  (video games, informal) To startscum or savescum.

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