scur

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Australia, UK/skɜː/US/skɝ/Scotland/skʌr/New Zealand/skøː/

noun

A distorted horn, regrown after the disbudding operation of a goat, sheep, or cow.

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Meanings

scur1

nounscur (plural scurs)

plural scurs

  1. biologyA distorted horn, regrown after the disbudding operation of a goat, sheep, or cow.

scur2

verbscur (third-person singular simple present scurs, present participle scurring, simple past and past participle scurred)

present singular third person scurs · participle present scurring · participle past scurred · past scurred

  1. UKdialectalintransitiveobsoleteTo move hastily; to scour.

    Here he whistled, and the animal, who was scurring over the field , and occasionally kicking up his heels, instantly returned with a gentle neigh.

    1843, George Borrow, The Bible in Spain, London: Cassell and Company, Ltd.

Origin

Compare scour (“to run”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with scur

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Sounds the same

scare (fair–fur merger)scare (fair–fur merger)

Anagrams

crus
Cite this entry
APA

scur. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scur

MLA

“scur.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scur. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scur,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scur.

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