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Pronounce Scum as S K UW M.

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    Scum phonetic transcription:

    When you start learning English, it's important to become familiar with the typical sounds of the language. The best way to do this is by studying phonetics. Below is the UK transcription for the word 'scum'. Get the right phonetic representation for any word using our free Phonetic Transcription Tool.

    • Traditional IPA representation of scum: /skum/
    • Modern IPA representation of scum: /scʊm/

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    List of meaning for scum

    trash, scum(noun)

    worthless people

    scum(verb)

    a film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid

    scum(verb)

    remove the scum from

    people looked down upon as ignorant and of the lowest class

    claimed that only scum lived in that part of town

    a person whose behavior is offensive to others

    ignore the heckler—he's complete scum

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    Quotes and sayings containing the term scum

    The rich are the scum of the earth in every country.

    – G. K. Chesterton

    People wonder why you could represent the scum of the earth, but people don’t understand that if it wasn’t for us, we really wouldn’t have a free society…But that doesn’t mean it’s easy. Someone asked me if I came back in another lifetime, would I want to do it again. My answer was no. I would love somebody else to do what I do… But I wouldn’t want it to be me. I’ve paid my dues.

    – John Henry Browne

    America is just the country that shows how all the written guarantees in the world for freedom are no protection against tyranny and oppression of the worst kind. There the politician has come to be looked upon as the very scum of society.

    – Peter Kropotkin

    Mos Eisley spaceport. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious.

    – George Lucas

    The phone company handles 84 billion calls a year --- everything from kings, queens, and presidents to the scum of the earth.

    – Lilly Tomlin, as Ernestine the Operator

    Don Corleone What have I ever done to make you treat me so disrespectfully If you'd come to me in friendship, then this scum that ruined your daughter would be suffering this very day. And if by chance an honest man like yourself should make enemies, then they would become my enemies. And then they would fear you.

    – Godfather, The

    Frank Wilma, I promise you whatever scum did this, not one man on this force will rest one minute before until he's behind bars. Now, let's grab a bite to eat.

    – Naked Gun From the Files of Police Squad

    A mob is the scum that rises upmost when the nation boils.

    – John Dryden

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