'scuse
/skjuːz/
'scuse verb: excuse.
Verb
'scuse (third-person singular simple present 'scuses, present participle 'scusing, simple past and past participle 'scused)
- Excuse.
- 'Scuse me, when is the bus due?
Interjection
- Excuse me.
- 'Scuse, can I come past?
Noun
IPA/skjuːs/
'scuse (plural 'scuses)
- An excuse.
- Oh! she said we must get our 'scuses — the rule, you know.1875, New Dominion Monthly, page 37
Forms of 'scuse
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | 'scuses |
| present participle | 'scusing |
| past participle | 'scused |
| past | 'scused |
| alternative form | scuse |
| Noun | |
| plural | 'scuses |
Origin of 'scuse
Apheretic form of excuse.
Words that rhyme with 'scuse
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- amuse
- bemuse
- choose
- excuse
- misuse
- muse
- ooze
- peruse
- accuse
- booze
- druse
- news
- ruse
- snooze
- suffuse
- transfuse
- who's
- whose
- circumfuse
- cooze
- defuse
- diffuse
- enthuse
- flues
- fuze
- jalouse
- mews
- perfuse
- snooz
- Toulouse
- twos
- yous
- accrues
- aloos
- bambooze
- blooze
- boos
- boose
- brews
- canoes
- chews
- clews
- clues
- construes
- contuse
- coos
- coups
- crews
Questions about 'scuse
- What does 'scuse mean?
- 'scuse means excuse.
- What part of speech is 'scuse?
- 'scuse can be a verb, an interjection or a noun.
- How do you pronounce 'scuse?
- 'scuse is pronounced /skjuːz/.
- What is the past tense of 'scuse?
- The past tense of 'scuse is 'scused.
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