scut

skʌt

Definition

Definition of scut - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

medical task

Rare

menial medical procedure for training

Rare

The intern was assigned a scut to complete.

grunt work

work

Rare

distasteful work or drudgery

Rare

She was tired of doing all the scut work.

drudgery

grunt work

toil

animal tail

TECH.

short tail of a deer or rabbit

TECH.

The rabbit darted away, its scut visible as it fled..

bobtail

dock

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Origin of scut

Latin, scutum (shield)

Examples of scut in a sentence

Scuts are often assigned to medical students.
He was assigned the scut at the office.
Cleaning the garage felt like endless scut.
The deer's scut twitched as it grazed.
A fox spotted the rabbit's scut in the bushes.

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French:tâche subalterne, sale boulot, ...
German:Routineeingriff, Drecksarbeit, ...
Italian:compito, lavoro ingrato, ...
Spanish:tarea menor, trabajo pesado, ...
Portuguese:tarefa simples, trabalho ingrato, ...
Chinese:琐碎任务, 杂活, ...
Japanese:雑用, 雑務, ...
Arabic:مِهْمَة بَسِيطَة, عَمَل شَاقّ, ...
Hebrew:מְשִׂימָה שׁוּלִית, עֲבוֹדוֹת שְׁחוֹרוֹת, ...
Russian:простая процедура, грязная работа, ...
Ukrainian:незначна медична процедура, чорна робота, ...
Hindi:मामूली चिकित्सा प्रक्रिया, अप्रिय काम, ...
Bengali:স্কাট, অপ্রীতিকর কাজ, ...
Catalan:tasca menor, feina ingrata, ...
Czech:rutina, pakárna, ...
Danish:rutineopgave, træls arbejde, ...
Dutch:klusje, rotwerk, ...
Greek:απλή ιατρική εργασία, αγγαρεία, ...
Hungarian:alantas orvosi feladat, robot, ...
Khmer:កិច្ចការពេទ្យរង, ការងារលំបាកនឿយហត់, ...
Korean:허드렛일, 고된 일, ...
Persian:کار ساده پزشکی, کار خسته‌کننده, ...
Polish:rutynowy zabieg, czarna robota, ...
Portuguese (BR):tarefa trivial, trabalho pesado, ...
Romanian:sarcină de rutină, muncă de jos, ...
Swedish:enkel uppgift, slitgöra, ...
Thai:งานเล็กๆ, งานที่น่าเบื่อ, ...
Turkish:basit tıbbi işlem, angarya, ...
Vietnamese:nhiệm vụ y tế tầm thường, công việc vặt, ...

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