Scut

Scut

Scut is a term often used to describe menial work,cite web |url=http://mw1.m-w.com/dictionary/scut%20work |title=scut work - Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary |format= |work= |accessdate=] especially in the medical profession to describe the work that medical students are required to do for the residents and attending physicians.

Some people consider it an acronym for "Some Common Unfinished Task."cite book |author=Haist, Steven A.; Gomella, Leonard G. |title=Clinician's pocket reference |publisher=McGraw-Hill |location=New York |year=2004 |pages=xxviii |isbn=0-07-140255-1 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=]

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  • scut — SCUT, scuturi, s.n. 1. Armă defensivă de metal, de piele etc., de diverse forme şi mărimi, cu care luptătorii din antichitate şi din evul mediu îşi apărau pieptul de lovituri; pavăză. ♦ (Rar) Blazon (în formă de scut 1). 2. fig. Apărare, ocrotire …   Dicționar Român

  • Scut — Scut, n. [Cf. Icel. skott a fox s tail. [root] 159.] [Obs.] The tail of a hare, or of a deer, or other animal whose tail is short, esp. when carried erect; hence, sometimes, the animal itself. He ran like a scut. Skelton. [1913 Webster] How the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • scut — scut·tle·butt; scut·tler; scut; scut·ter; scut·tle; …   English syllables

  • scuţ — s. v. ţurţur. Trimis de siveco, 22.09.2008. Sursa: Sinonime  scuţ, scúţuri, s.n. (reg.) 1. ţurţur de gheaţă. 2. murdărie, jeg. 3. sloi mare de gheaţă. 4. conglomerat de materii. Trimis de blaurb, 22.09.2008. Sursa: DAR  SCUŢ, scuţi, s.m. Sloi… …   Dicționar Român

  • scut — term of contempt for a person, 1873, of unknown origin …   Etymology dictionary

  • SCUT — s. f. Autoestrada sem pagamento de portagens por quem a utiliza.   ‣ Etimologia: acrônimo de Sem Custos para os UTilizadores …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • scut — ► NOUN ▪ the short tail of a hare, rabbit, or deer. ORIGIN of unknown origin …   English terms dictionary

  • scut — [skut] n. [ME, hare, tail < ?] 1. a short, stumpy tail, esp. of a hare, rabbit, or deer 2. a contemptible person …   English World dictionary

  • scut — 1. noun a) A short, erect tail, as of a hare or rabbit Mrs. Ford. Sir John ! art thou there, my deer ? my male deer ? b) rump, pudenda, vulva …   Wiktionary

  • SCUT — South China University of Technology http://www.scut.edu.cn/home.html …   Acronyms

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