scrubs
/skrʌbz/
noun
- Loose-fitting, comfortable clothing worn by medical professionals, such as doctors and nurses, during work.
- Many hospitals require staff to wear clean scrubs every day.
- The nurse changed into her blue scrubs before starting her shift.
- He bought a new set of scrubs for his first day at the clinic.
- Low, stunted bushes or trees growing in poor soil; scrubland vegetation.
- The goats grazed on the tough scrubs that covered the hillside.
- The landscape was dotted with dry scrubs and patches of sand.
- After the fire, only a few charred scrubs remained on the ground.
- People or things that are considered inferior, unimportant, or of low quality (informal).
- He felt like a scrub compared to the experienced musicians in the band.
- The coach told the team they were no longer scrubs after winning the championship.
- In the video game, beginners are often called scrubs until they improve.
verb
- Third person singular present tense of scrub: to rub hard to clean something, or to cancel or abandon something.
- The pilot scrubs the flight if the weather is too dangerous.
- She scrubs the kitchen floor every Saturday morning.
- He scrubs his hands with soap before every meal.