scut
pronunciation
How to pronounce scut in British English:
UK [skʌt]
How to pronounce scut in American English:
US [skʌt]
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- Noun:
- a short erect tail
Word Origin
- scut (n.2)
- term of contempt for a person, 1873, of unknown origin.
- scut (n.1)
- "short, erect tail" (of a rabbit, hare, deer, etc.), 1520s; earlier "a hare" (mid-15c.), perhaps from Old Norse skjota "to shoot (with a weapon), launch, push, shove quickly" (compare Norwegian skudda "to shove, push"), from PIE *skeud- "to shoot, chase, throw" (see shoot (v.)).
Example
- 1. Okay . You 're on scut .
- 2. Finish the scut work fast and well .
- 3. Poor old scut , can 't tell the difference .
- 4. Now , nepalis staff korean factories and mongolians do scut work in prague .
- 5. The result : as the scut work gets offloaded , engineers will have to master different aptitudes , relying more on creativity than competence .