scut.
A hare; (hunting, also figuratively) a hare as the game in a hunt.
Meaning & usage
A hare; (hunting, also figuratively) a hare as the game in a hunt.
A short, erect tail, as of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
The buttocks or rump; also, the female pudenda, the vulva.
Where this word comes from
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).
A contemptible person.
Where this word comes from
Uncertain, possibly a variant of scout (“(obsolete except Scotland) contemptible person”), possibly related to scout (“to reject with contempt; to scoff”), from a North Germanic language; compare Old Norse skúta, skúte (“a taunt”), probably from Proto-Germanic *skeutaną (“to shoot”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- (“to shoot; to throw”). Compare Old Norse skútyrði, skotyrði (“abusive language”).
Distasteful work; drudgery
Some menial procedure left for a doctor or medical student to complete, sometimes for training purposes.
Where this word comes from
Uncertain; perhaps related to scut (“contemptible person”): see etymology 2.
To scamper off.
Where this word comes from
Origin unknown; perhaps from scut(tle), or related to Swedish skutta (“to leap”).
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