English Explanatory Dictionary

scut

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A hare; (hunting, also figuratively) a hare as the game in a hunt.
  2. A short, erect tail, as of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
  3. The buttocks or rump; also, the female pudenda, the vulva.
noun
  1. A contemptible person.
noun
  1. Distasteful work; drudgery
  2. Some menial procedure left for a doctor or medical student to complete, sometimes for training purposes.
verb
  1. To scamper off.

Pronunciation

/skʌt/ En-uk-scut.oga /skət/ /skʊt/

Word forms

scut scuts scutting

Etymology

From Middle English scut (“hare”); further etymology uncertain, possibly related to Middle English scut, scute (“short”), possibly from Old French escorter, escurter, or Latin excurtāre, scurtāre, from curtō (“to cut short, shorten”), from curtus (“short; shortened”) (from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”)) + -ō. A derivation from Old Norse skut, skutr (“stern of a boat”), or Icelandic skott (“animal's tail”) is thought to be unlikely. As to sense 3 (“the female pudenda, the vulva”), see the letter of 5 June 1875 from Joseph Crosby to Joseph Parker Norris published in One Touch of Shakespeare (1986).

Synonyms

arsehole ass assface asshat asshole asswipe bastard bitch blackguard blaggard buttlicker buttmunch carrion cockhead cocklicker cocksucker cowson crud cunt dick dickhead dickwad dickweed dipshit douche douchebag douchecanoe douchewagon earthworm fribble fucker fuckface fuckhead fuckstain fucktard git heel hilding insect jackass jerk loser louse mahfugga mongrel motherfucker paskudnyak pigwidgeon pigfucker prick queef raasclaat ratfink schmuck scrub scut sewer rat sheep-biter shit shitbird

Related words

scoot whid

Derived words

scut monkey scut work scutwork
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