skutch

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noun

A pest; an annoying person or thing; a bother.

“You're such a skutch!”

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Meanings

nounskutch (plural skutches)

plural skutches · alternative scutch

  1. USslangA pest; an annoying person or thing; a bother.

    You're such a skutch!

Origin

  1. Italianscocciare“to annoy; to bother; to pester”
  2. Englishskutch

From Italian scocciare (“to annoy; to bother; to pester”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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