scut /skʌt/noun 6verb 1forms 2 noun6 •A short, erect tail, as of a hare, rabbit, or deer.Shakespeare's use of the word scut may be a sly reference to Mistress Ford's pudenda: see sense 3. •[before a noun] Distasteful work; drudgeryLet's devote mornings to the scut, do real work in the afternoon. — 1998 •(slang) Some menial procedure left for a doctor or medical student to complete, sometimes for training purposes.There's no question that it's sexist. [Female residents] are berated more on rounds, given more scut to do. — 1999 •(Ireland, informal) A contemptible person.He sped off towards Conway's corner. God speed scut. — 1922 •(slang) The buttocks or rump; also, the female pudenda, the vulva.I rumpled her Feathers, and tickled her Scut, / And play'd the round Rubbers at two handed Put. — 1750 •(no longer used) A hare; (hunting, also figuratively) a hare as the game in a hunt. verb1 •To scamper off.―A fat lot you know about it, Thunder! Wells said. I know why they scut. — 1916 formsscutting · scuts
