(obsolete) A hare; (hunting, also figuratively) a hare as the game in a hunt. / A short, erect tail, as of a hare, rabbit, or deer.

(intransitive, originally Cumbria, East Anglia, Yorkshire) To scamper off.

(chiefly Ireland, colloquial) A contemptible person.

(attributively) Distasteful work; drudgery / (medicine, slang) Some menial procedure left for a doctor or medical student to complete, sometimes for training purposes.

plural of scut

present participle of scut

(slang, medicine) A new medical student, beginning his/her clinical rotations (often after the first two years of a four-year medical program), or a new resident who is rotating off-service.

Distasteful tasks.

plural of scut monkey

A tuft or clump of grass.