scut

English

/skʌt/, /skʌt/

noun
Definitions
  • (obsolete) A hare; (hunting) a hare as the game in a hunt.
  • A short, erect tail, as of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
  • (by extension) The buttocks or rump; also, the female pudenda, the vulva.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English scut (hare), scut (hare) derived from Old French escorter derived from Latin excurtāre derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (cut, turn, bend, cut off, curve, divide, wrinkle, scrape, sever, shorten, split, dry, jump, move, in the sense of an enclosure, shrink, swing, part, skimp).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*(s)ker-

Gloss

cut, turn, bend, cut off, curve, divide, wrinkle, scrape, sever, shorten, split, dry, jump, move, in the sense of an enclosure, shrink, swing, part, skimp

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

踊

Emoji
✂️ ✂️ 🎬️

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