āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to scab
01
āĻā§āĻ¸āĻž āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻā§āĻ¸āĻž āĻāĻ āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to form a scab, a crust of dry blood that forms over a wound as it recovers
02
āĻ§āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻāĻ āĻāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ§āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻāĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž
take the place of work of someone on strike
01
āĻā§āĻ¸āĻž, āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž
a dry, protective crust that forms over a healing wound as part of the body's natural healing process
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Do n't pick at the scab; it helps the wound underneath to heal.
āĻā§āĻ¸āĻž āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛āĻŦā§āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻž; āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¨ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻˇāĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°āĻžāĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
02
an employee who continues working during a strike
Offensive
03
a person hired specifically to replace a striking worker
Offensive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The scabs they hired had no experience and slowed production.
04
a worker who refuses to join a labor union
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He stayed a scab his whole career and never paid dues.
05
a contemptible or despicable person
Offensive
Slang
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Nobody talks to that scab after he betrayed the whole group.
