ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Scut

/skʌt/ · noun

Meaning

(obsolete) A hare; (hunting, also figuratively) a hare as the game in a hunt..

Definitions by Sense

(obsolete) A hare; (hunting, also figuratively) a hare as the game in a hunt.
A short, erect tail, as of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
(by extension) The buttocks or rump; also, the female pudenda, the vulva.
(chiefly Ireland, colloquial) A contemptible person.
(attributively) Distasteful work; drudgery
(medicine, slang) Some menial procedure left for a doctor or medical student to complete, sometimes for training purposes.
(intransitive, originally Cumbria, East Anglia, Yorkshire) To scamper off.

Example Sentences

Shakespeare's use of the word scut may be a sly reference to Mistress Ford's pudenda: see sense 3.

I rumpled her Feathers, and tickled her Scut, / And play'd the round Rubbers at two handed Put.

Put on your dress, ye shameless witch, standin' there in your pelt I'll take a strap to, for havin' the conceit out of you, for by your idling had lost me the sup of gin to keep the breath of life in me. Cover your scut, or I'll welt the skin off it.

So … so she show you her pretty li'l scut, he? Jesse, you are a lad; when will you learn?

One of the sisters backed up to the fire and hiked up the tail of her dress and bent over and thrust out her scut to it and stared at Inman with a look of glazed pleasure in her blue eyes.

"I'll have no more of it. I'll have no more Dinny Ryans handlin' flesh and blood of my gettin'. Ye'd see me dyin' for a sup of drink to give me peace, and you philanderin' and danderin' with yon scut of a fellow, and worse doin's behind that, if the truth is told."

She didn't need a new dress! Me money! Me hard earned three hundred that I scraped and scrimped for. Me scut of a daughter puttin' it on her back in finery.

I dreamt that Ruairi Quinn was smokin' marijuana in the Dail. Barry Desmond handing Frenchies out to scuts in Fianna Fail.

Word Forms

scuts
scutting
scut

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When Should You Use Scut?

Use scut when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does scut mean?

Scut means (obsolete) A hare; (hunting, also figuratively) a hare as the game in a hunt..

What is a synonym for scut?

Common synonyms include arsehole, ass, assface, asshat.

What is the opposite of scut?

The opposite depends on the specific sense.

How do you use scut in a sentence?

Shakespeare's use of the word scut may be a sly reference to Mistress Ford's pudenda: see sense 3.

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Definitions by Sense

(obsolete) A hare; (hunting, also figuratively) a hare as the game in a hunt.

A short, erect tail, as of a hare, rabbit, or deer.

(by extension) The buttocks or rump; also, the female pudenda, the vulva.

(chiefly Ireland, colloquial) A contemptible person.

(attributively) Distasteful work; drudgery

(medicine, slang) Some menial procedure left for a doctor or medical student to complete, sometimes for training purposes.

(intransitive, originally Cumbria, East Anglia, Yorkshire) To scamper off.

Example Sentences

Shakespeare's use of the word scut may be a sly reference to Mistress Ford's pudenda: see sense 3.

I rumpled her Feathers, and tickled her Scut, / And play'd the round Rubbers at two handed Put.

Put on your dress, ye shameless witch, standin' there in your pelt I'll take a strap to, for havin' the conceit out of you, for by your idling had lost me the sup of gin to keep the breath of life in me. Cover your scut, or I'll welt the skin off it.

So … so she show you her pretty li'l scut, he? Jesse, you are a lad; when will you learn?

One of the sisters backed up to the fire and hiked up the tail of her dress and bent over and thrust out her scut to it and stared at Inman with a look of glazed pleasure in her blue eyes.

"I'll have no more of it. I'll have no more Dinny Ryans handlin' flesh and blood of my gettin'. Ye'd see me dyin' for a sup of drink to give me peace, and you philanderin' and danderin' with yon scut of a fellow, and worse doin's behind that, if the truth is told."

She didn't need a new dress! Me money! Me hard earned three hundred that I scraped and scrimped for. Me scut of a daughter puttin' it on her back in finery.

I dreamt that Ruairi Quinn was smokin' marijuana in the Dail. Barry Desmond handing Frenchies out to scuts in Fianna Fail.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does scut mean?

Scut means (obsolete) A hare; (hunting, also figuratively) a hare as the game in a hunt..

What is a synonym for scut?

Common synonyms include arsehole, ass, assface, asshat.

What is the opposite of scut?

The opposite depends on the specific sense.

How do you use scut in a sentence?

Shakespeare's use of the word scut may be a sly reference to Mistress Ford's pudenda: see sense 3.

Sources & Attribution

FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0

Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.