verb, noun — 6 senses
Etymology Borrowed from Scots scunner, skunner, from Old Scots skunnyr, skowner (“to shrink back; flinch”), from Middle English skoneren (“to feel sick or disgusted”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a frequentative of shun. If so, etymologically shun + -er (frequentative suffix). Compare also Middle English scurnen (“to flinch”), English scare, English scorn.
To be sick of.
Northumbria To dislike.
Northern Ireland, Scotland To cause to loathe, or feel disgust at.
Etymology Borrowed from Scots scunner, skunner, from Old Scots skunnyr, skowner (“to shrink back; flinch”), from Middle English skoneren (“to feel sick or disgusted”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a frequentative of shun. If so, etymologically shun + -er (frequentative suffix). Compare also Middle English scurnen (“to flinch”), English scare, English scorn.
Northumbria Dislike or aversion.
North, Yorkshire, Derogatory A young chav.
The NATO reporting name of the R-1 ballistic missile built by the Soviet Union.
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