A stew associated with the Liverpool area, usually containing (at least) meat, onions, carrots and potatoes.
Used in a Sentence
scouse
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for scouse.
Editorial note
To be fair, the Wikipedia page for Scouse identifies it as a dialect (with an accompanying accent) too!
Examples19
Definitions4
Parts of speech2
Quick take
A stew associated with the Liverpool area, usually containing (at least) meat, onions, carrots and potatoes.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of scouse gathered in one view.
Alternative letter-case form of Scouse. [(colloquial) Synonym of Scouser (“Liverpudlian”).]
(colloquial) Synonym of Scouser (“Liverpudlian”).
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for scouse.
noun
A stew associated with the Liverpool area, usually containing (at least) meat, onions, carrots and potatoes.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Scouse. [(colloquial) Synonym of Scouser (“Liverpudlian”).]
noun
(colloquial) Synonym of Scouser (“Liverpudlian”).
adjective
(colloquial) Liverpudlian.
Example sentences
To be fair, the Wikipedia page for Scouse identifies it as a dialect (with an accompanying accent) too!
Yeah, that sounds like classic Scouse to me, but you certainly hear it in other UK regional accents.
Maybe done you over with blunt instruments and broken glass like a couple of 'scouse trainspotters?
Whether they speak in RP, Cockney, Geordie or Scouse has no bearing on this.
You may check out the schedules today for a scouse borrow of a deal.
Dialect of Liverpool is called scouse, after a popular local dish -> lobscouse/Labskaus is very popular (love/hate really) in northern Germany as well.
Similarly England is a rich minefield of idiolects, from scouse to highly posh.
I can't even do an MLE accent in the way that I could yorkshire, scouse, etc.
Consider a south east accent with a scouse accent, for example.
There are class differences, but even within classes there are very wide variations- thinking Geordie v Yorkshire vs West country vs scouse vs South London.
I lived and went to school for some years in Liverpool; I could understand a scouse accent, usually, but I certainly couldn't speak like that.
I never hear a really thick scouse accent.
Quote examples
To me, that language is definitely "modern english"; it doesn't need translating, any more than Scouse needs translating.
After American English or Scouse or Scots, all "corruptions" of standard British English that became established enough to be their own thing, we could soon get Machine Translation English.
I want to throw my phone at the wall Now imagine how well it works for people with non-"native" accents (even for native, I'd guess that a good Scouse/Glaswegian/Kiwi accent might confuse the hell of those systems as well).
As a teenager, when visiting family in Northern California, my step-brother and I could basically speak in "secret code" and be unintelligible to all Americans around us, by putting on a very, very mild Scouse lilt...
Proper noun examples
Head south on the M62 and the Manc accent slowly melts into the Scouse, starting at roughly the Runcorn area.
It took about a year before it got acceptable, and after 5 years I can cope with almost all of it, including Glaswegian and Scouse.
If anything, it's a developing regional dialect like South American English, Cockney, Scouse, Australian English, or any other spin of our language.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use scouse in a sentence?
To be fair, the Wikipedia page for Scouse identifies it as a dialect (with an accompanying accent) too!
What does scouse mean?
A stew associated with the Liverpool area, usually containing (at least) meat, onions, carrots and potatoes.
What part of speech is scouse?
scouse is commonly used as noun, adjective.