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scrote

UK/skɹəʊt/US/skɹoʊt/

scrote noun: the scrotum.

Noun

scrote (plural scrotes)

  1. (informal) The scrotum.
    • Bring out your broadsword. / There's the hydra. / Slice his throat! / And grab his scrote.2001 September 25, “Wonderboy”, in Jack Black, Kyle Gass (lyrics), The Dust Brothers (music), Tenacious D, performed by Tenacious D, Sony Music
    • If you just followed this show on the blogs, you would think I was just running around town, cutting people open from scrote to sternum, wearing their skin as a trophy.2010 February 4, Jon Stewart, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
  2. (UK, derogatory, slang) A worthless or contemptible person; a gobshite or toerag.
    • “Turn to stone much, ya giant scrote?”2016 December 19, Brett Cawley & Robert Maitia, “Ninety North, Zero West” (19:35 from the start), in American Dad!, season 14, episode 7, spoken by Francine Smith (Wendy Schaal)
  3. (derogatory, Reddit slang) A stereotypical inferior and obnoxious man.
    • In the parlance of the subreddit, women should avoid worthless "scrotes" and should always avoid "slanging pussy to fuckboys."2021 October 5, Tracy Clark-Flory, “Inside Female Dating Strategy, the Subreddit That Teaches Women to Level Up Against 'Scrotes' and 'F*ckboys'”, in Jezebel
    • One post reads: 'A scrote will act offended and immature and just not worth your time, this is because he doesn't respect you.'2021 November 30, Monica Greep, “The dark world of Female Dating Strategy: Online community teaches women to avoid ‘worthless scrotes’ and categorises men into ‘low and high value’ based on finances...
  4. (in plural, slang) Courage, balls.

Synonyms of scrote

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Forms of scrote

pluralscrotes
alternative formscroat

Origin of scrote

Clipping of scrotum. The term may be related in some ways to North Germanic, as the senses are semantically identical to the similarly sounding Swedish skrutt and Icelandic skrjóður (“scrotum, scrap, old useless person”),

Words that rhyme with scrote

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Questions about scrote

What does scrote mean?
Scrote means the scrotum.
What part of speech is scrote?
Scrote is a noun.
How do you pronounce scrote?
Scrote is pronounced /skɹoʊt/ (US).
What is the plural of scrote?
The plural of scrote is scrotes.

Words near scrote in the dictionary

  1. scrota
  2. scrotal
  3. scrotal sac
  4. scrotalgia
  5. scrotally
  6. scrote
  7. scrotectomies
  8. scrotectomy
  9. scrotes
  10. scrotiform
  11. scrotitis

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