English

Noun

Scunner ‎(plural Scunners)

1. The Nato reporting name of the R-1 ballistic missile built by the Soviet Union.

Anagrams

• cunners

English

Verb

scunner ‎(third-person singular simple present scunners, present participle scunnering, simple past and past participle scunnered)

1. To be sick of.
2. (Northumbria) To dislike.
3. (Britain, Scotland, dialect) To cause to loathe, or feel disgust at.

Noun

scunner ‎(plural scunners)

1. (Northumbria) Dislike or aversion.
2. (Yorkshire, pejorative) North Yorkshire term for an urban youth and usually associated with trouble or petty crime.

Usage notes

Older scunners, i.e. young adults, might be termed chavs.

Synonyms

• charva, charver (Tyneside dialect)
• chav
• scally

References

• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ISBN 1904794165

Anagrams

• cunners

Scots

Verb

scunner ‎(third-person singular present scunners, present participle scunnerin, past scunnert, past participle scunnert)

1. to be very tired, to be knackered