'scuse

/skjuːz//skjuːs/

verb

Excuse.

“'Scuse, can I come past?”

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Meanings

verb'scuse (third-person singular simple present 'scuses, present participle 'scusing, simple past and past participle 'scused)

present singular third person 'scuses · participle present 'scusing · participle past 'scused · past 'scused · alternative scuse

  1. colloquialtransitiveExcuse.

    'Scuse me, when is the bus due?

interjection

alternative scuse

  1. colloquialExcuse me.

    'Scuse, can I come past?

noun'scuse (plural 'scuses)

plural 'scuses · alternative scuse

  1. colloquialAn excuse.

    Oh! she said we must get our 'scuses — the rule, you know.

    1875, New Dominion Monthly, page 37

Origin

Apheretic form of excuse.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with 'scuse

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Sounds the same

skews
Cite this entry
APA

'scuse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/'scuse

MLA

“'scuse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/'scuse. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “'scuse,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/'scuse.

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