scrappers
Those who tussle
Scrappers are people who fight or struggle tenaciously.
The word emphasizes grit and willingness to engage rather than skill or size: The team was full of scrappers who never gave up.
A scrapper may also be someone who collects scrap metal for resale.
Combat sport using fists
- wrestlingCombat sport requiring holds
- brawlersPeople who engage in fistfights
- pugilistsProfessional fist fighters
- combatantsThose engaged in warfare
contenders · challengers · sparring · sluggers · battlers · grapplers · bruisers · feisty
Recovering damaged goods
- junkyardSalvage storage site
- metalHard conductive solid
- reclaimTake back possession
- wasteUnwanted discarded material
collection · sorting · dismantling · stripping · demolition · ragpickers · junkers · collectors
Collective mechanical equipment
- metalHard conductive solid
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
- steelworkMetal structural components
- foundryMetal casting facility
forge · shredding · baling · crushing · processing · welding · cutting · torches
Cleverly original in design
- improvisationSpontaneous, unplanned creation
- adaptableAble to adjust readily
- cleverShowing mental quickness
- inventiveShowing original thought
makeshift · hustlers · survivors · bootstrappers · self-reliant · problem-solver · creative · practical
boxing
Combat sport using fists
- wrestlingCombat sport requiring holds
- brawlersPeople who engage in fistfights
- pugilistsProfessional fist fighters
combatants · contenders · challengers · sparring · sluggers · battlers · grapplers · bruisers · feisty · underdog
salvage
Recovering damaged goods
waste · collection · sorting · dismantling · stripping · demolition · ragpickers · junkers · collectors · pickers
machinery
Collective mechanical equipment
- metalHard conductive solid
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
- steelworkMetal structural components
foundry · forge · shredding · baling · crushing · processing · welding · cutting · torches · magnets
ingenious
Cleverly original in design
- improvisationSpontaneous, unplanned creation
- adaptableAble to adjust readily
- cleverShowing mental quickness
inventive · makeshift · hustlers · survivors · bootstrappers · self-reliant · problem-solver · creative · practical · opportunistic
- fightersboxer, boxers, wrestler, Muhammad Ali, fighter
scrapperspacifists
Those opposing all warfare
peacemakers · diplomats · doves · appeasers · conscientious objectors
scrappersquitters
People who stop persisting
defeatists · surrenderers · capitulators · pushovers · cowards