scufter noun 1verb 1forms 3 noun1 •(slang, old-fashioned) A policeman.Nothing like being dead for putting the scufters off the scent. — 1947 verb1 •(dialect) To bustle, to hurry.[…] scuftered off an' lowpt t'dyke afooar Ah cud brittle him wid me gibby-stick. — 1963 formsscuftered · scuftering · scufters