SCUT WORK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scut work mean? 

• SCUT WORK (noun)
  The noun SCUT WORK has 1 sense:

1. trivial, unrewarding, tedious, dirty, and disagreeable chores

  Familiarity information: SCUT WORK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCUT WORK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Trivial, unrewarding, tedious, dirty, and disagreeable chores

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

scut work; shitwork

Context example:

the hospital hired him to do scut work

Hypernyms ("scut work" is a kind of...):

chore; job; task (a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee)